This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts. In 1980, a federal appeals court ruled that a Paraguayan family could sue a Paraguayan official under the Alien Tort Statute - a dormant provision of the 1789 Judiciary Act - for torture committed in Paraguay. Since then, courts have been wrestling with this step toward a universal approach to human rights law. The book examines attempts by human rights groups to use the law to enforce human rights norms. It explains the separation of powers issues arising when victims sue the United States or when the...
This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts. In 1980, a federal appeals court ruled that a Paraguayan f...
This book studies how victims of human rights violations in Latin America, their families, and their advocates work to overcome entrenched impunity and seek legal justice. Their struggles show that legal justice is a multifaceted process, the overarching purpose of which is to restore human dignity and prevent further violence. Uncovering, revealing, and proving the truth are essential elements of legal justice, and are also powerful tools to activate the process. When faced with stubborn impunity at home, victims, families, and advocates can carry on their work for legal justice by bringing...
This book studies how victims of human rights violations in Latin America, their families, and their advocates work to overcome entrenched impunity an...
Studies how victims of human rights violations in Latin America, their families, and their advocates work to overcome entrenched impunity and seek legal justice.
Studies how victims of human rights violations in Latin America, their families, and their advocates work to overcome entrenched impunity and seek leg...
Like walking meditations, the poetic feet of Jeffrey Daviss Coat Thief invoke mindfulness through grounded, regular movement. Profoundly attuned to the beauty of daily existence, these poems upend and expand conventional perceptions of magnitude as they give prominence to sneaker prints, earthworms, egg cartons, and other often unnoticed objects. These are poems filled with wonder, poems that demonstrate over and over that we need not rely on esoteric experience for transcendence-because it is, we learn from Coat Thief, the...
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Like walking meditations, the poetic feet of Jeffrey Daviss Coat Thief invoke min...
You're smart and have way too many ideas for projects than you'll ever manifest in this one wild and creative life. And you likely either resist any -imposed order- on your creative schedule or you think you've -tried it all.- But, seriously, if you're seeking a method to free your mind from task-oriented fret and become exponentially more productive and delighted while being productive - then test out The Mind Rooms Guide. The Mind Rooms Guide - Bypass Overwhelm, Make More Time, & Shape Your Work Flow (Expanded Print Edition) is a beautifully designed handbook that offers *an elegant reframe...
You're smart and have way too many ideas for projects than you'll ever manifest in this one wild and creative life. And you likely either resist any -...
