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Passed in 1873, the Comstock Act banned 'obscene' materials from
the mail without defining obscenity, leaving it open to
interpretation by courts that were hostile to free speech.
Literature that reflected changing attitudes toward sexuality,
religion, and social institutions fell victim to the Comstock Act
and related state laws. Dr. Edward Bliss Foote became among the
earliest individuals convicted under the law after he mailed a
brochure on birth-control methods. For the next four decades, Foote
Sr. and his son, Dr. Edward Bond Foote, challenged the Comstock Act
in Congress, legislatures, and courts and also offered personal
assistance to Comstock defendants. This book chronicles the Footes'
struggle, examining not just the efforts of these cruising
champions of freedom of expression and women's rights, but also the
larger issues surrounding free speech and censorship in the Gilded
Age of American history.
A significant part of the world's population lives under some sort
of federal arrangement. And yet, the concepts of federalism and
federation remain under-theorised. Federalist theorists have, for
the most part, defined their object by opposition to the unitary
state. As a result, they have not developed public law theories
that capture the specificity of this type of polity. Bringing
together contributions from leading public law theorists and
intellectual historians, this volume explores the foundations of
federalism. It develops novel perspectives on the core problems of
traditional federalist theory and charts new departures in
federalist theory and federal power-sharing. At a time when we look
for more inclusive ways of ordering public life, the volume fills
an urgent theoretical and political need.
"A must read and a breakthrough work ... The book makes clear the
importance of comparing, learning from, and adapting legal systems
to the ever-changing world, while maintaining the integrity of the
Constitution. The subtlety of the book shows deep understanding of
these legal regimes, something most legal analysts and policy
makers from both systems sorely lack ... a most timely and valuable
analysis."- Prof. Christopher L. Blakesley, University of Nevada,
Las Vegas, and author of Terrorism and Anti-Terrorism: A Normative
and Practical Assessment "A careful and authoritative account of
the controversial practice of investigative detention as a tool for
responding to terrorism in a post-September 11th world. Informed by
an impressive knowledge of American, British, and French law,
Stigall's book reflects a distinctive comparative perspective. It
deserves to be read not only by scholars and students in the field
but also by policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic." - Prof.
Stuart P. Green, Rutgers School of Law-Newark "Dan Stigall's
analysis highlights the danger of dismissing a comparative
approach, for he has most effectively used the British and French
experience in discussing detention. While no regime has the answer
(an illusion, at best), democratic nations can well learn from each
other's successes and failures. Precisely for that reason, policy
makers, jurists, and the concerned public owe Dan a collective
thanks; in addressing the extraordinarily complicated issue of
detention from a comparative perspective, he has truly bitten off a
very large bite of a problematic apple. That he has done so is to
our benefit; that he has done so successfully is to his credit.
While we shall continue to struggle with the limits of detention
and what legal paradigm is the "correct" one, we are the richer for
Dan's book. It can serve as an effective "guide" as we continue to
traverse the never-ending field of terrorism and counterterrorism."
- Amos N. Guiora, Professor of Law, S. J. Quinney College of Law,
University of Utah
This book discusses whether democracy and republicanism are
identical, complementary, or contradicting ideas. The rediscovery
of classic republicanism a few decades ago made it clear how
profoundly modern notions of democracy had been shaped by the
republican tradition. But defining these two concepts remains
difficult, and the views diverge widely. The overarching aim of
this book is to discuss the extent to which democracy and
republicanism are identical, complementary or mutually
contradicting ideals / ideas. Pursuing this open approach to the
subject means calling into question a widely used formula according
to which modern democracy is composed of liberal principles such as
individualism, the rule of law and human rights, on the one hand,
and of republican principles such as focusing on the common good
and popular sovereignty, on the other. This book will appeal to
students, researches, and scholars of political science interested
in a better understanding of political theory and political
history.
This book explores the constitutional, legally binding dimension to
legisprudence in the light of the German Federal Constitutional
Courts approach to rational lawmaking. Over the last decades this
court has been remarkably active in applying legisprudential
criteria and standards when reviewing parliamentary laws. It has
thus supplied observers with a unique material to analyse the
lawmakers' duty to legislate rationally, and to assess the virtues
and drawbacks of this strand of judicial control in a
constitutional democracy. By bringing together legislation experts
and public law scholars to elaborate on 'legisprudence under
review', this contributed volume aspires to shed light on the
constitutionalisation of rational lawmaking as a controversial
trend gaining ground in both national and international
jurisdictions. The book is divided into five parts. Part I frames
the two key issues pervading the whole collection: the intricate
relationship between judicial review and democracy, on the one
hand, and the possibility of improving and rationalizing the task
of legislation under the current circumstances of politics, on the
other. Part II provides an overview of the judicial review of
rational lawmaking, laying special emphasis on the duty of
legislative justification imposed on lawmakers by the German
Constitutional Court. Part III is devoted to the review of the
systemic rationality of legislation, in particular to the
requirements of legislative consistence and coherence as developed
by this court. Contributions in Part IV revolve around the judicial
scrutiny of the socio-empirical elements of rational lawmaking,
with the control of legislative facts and impacts and the problem
of symbolic laws being the central topics. Finally, Part V draws on
the German case law to discuss the links between rational
lawmaking, balancing and proportionality, and the interdependence
between process review and substantive review of legislation.
In the second part of this two-volume study, Ian Loveland delves
deeply into the immediate historical and political context of the
Trethowan litigation which began in New South Wales in 1930 and
reached the Privy Council two years later. The litigation centred
on the efforts of a conservatively-inclined government to prevent a
future Labour administration led by the then radical politician
Jack Lang abolishing the upper house of the State's legislature by
entrenching the existence of the upper house through the legal
device of requiring that its abolition be approved by a state-wide
referendum. The book carefully examines the immediate political and
legal routes of the entrenchment device fashioned by the State's
Premier Sir Thomas Bavin and his former law student, colleague and
then Dean of the Sydney University law school Sir John Peden, and
places the doctrinal arguments advanced in subsequent litigation in
the State courts, before the High Court and finally in the Privy
Council in the multiple contexts of the personal and policy based
disputes which pervaded both the State and national political
arenas. In its final chapter, the book draws on insights provided
by the detailed study of McCawley (in volume one) and Trethowan to
revisit and re-evaluate the respective positions adopted by William
Wade and Ivor Jennings as to the capacity of the United Kingdom's
Parliament to introduce entrenching legislation which would be
upheld by the courts.
Is there a real and meaningful future for EU constitutionalism?
This collection explores this question in light of recent
challenges to EU constitutional law; namely the pandemic and the
political schisms emerging across the European Union. The
contributors explore the question through the prism of the five
main pillars of EU constitutionalism: the constitutional values,
the EU formal constitutional framework, its substance consisting of
the EU political and economic constitution, and conclude by looking
at the foundational concept of sovereignty (national and European)
in a global realm. Drawing on expertise from both 'old' and 'new'
Europe, it gives voice to the most fundamental question facing the
Union in its second half century.
This book offers an innovative account of Prevent, Britain's
counter-radicalisation strategy, situating it as a novel form of
power that has played a central role in the production and the
policing of contemporary British identity. Drawing on interviews
with those at the heart of Prevent's development, the book provides
readers with an in-depth history and conceptualisation of the
policy. The book demonstrates that Prevent is an ambitious new way
of thinking about violence that has led to the creation of a
radical new role for the state: tackling vulnerability to
radicalisation. Detailing the history of the policy, and the
concepts and practices that have been developed within Prevent,
this book critically engages with the assumptions on which they are
based and the forms of power they mobilise. -- .
At the beginning of the twenty-first century the term 'privacy'
gained new prominence around the world, but in the legal arena it
is still a concept in 'disarray'. Enclosing it within legal
frameworks seems to be a particularly difficult task in the
employment context, where encroachments upon privacy are not only
potentially more frequent, but also, and most importantly,
qualitatively different from those taking place in other areas of
modern society. This book suggests that these problems can only be
addressed by the development of a holistic approach to its
protection, an approach that addresses the issue of not only
contemporary regulation but also the conceptualization,
adjudication, and common (public) perception of employees' privacy.
The book draws on a comprehensive analysis of the conceptual as
well as regulatory convergences and divergences between European,
American and Canadian models of privacy protection, to reconsider
the conceptual and normative foundations of the contemporary
paradigm of employees' privacy and to elucidate the pillars of a
holistic approach to the protection of right to privacy in
employment.
How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to
prevent it? What does the UN do, and why does it appear at times to
be so impotent in the face of torture? In this vitally important
work, Malcolm D. Evans tells the story of torture prevention under
international law, setting out what is really happening in places
of detention around the world. Challenging assumptions about
torture’s root causes, he calls for what is needed to enable us
to be in a better position to bring about change. The author draws
on over ten years’ experience as the Chair of the United Nations
Sub-Committee for Prevention of Torture to give a frank account of
the remarkable capacities of this system, what it has achieved in
practice, what it has not been able to achieve – and most
importantly, why.
The principle of effective judicial protection ('PEJP') is
specifically provided for in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Article 47. But how effective is the provision and the protection
it affords? This ambitious, innovative project examines that
question over two volumes. In the first volume an expert team
explores how the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has
interpreted the PEJP, as expressed in particular by Article 47, in
selected policy areas, and reflects on the impact of the principle
on the EU's constitutional structure. Taking both a horizontal
interpretation, analysing the constitutional themes in play, and a
vertical one, which looks at the Court's interpretation in specific
policy areas, it shows the interplay of the protection within the
wider architecture of the EU. Addressing key questions such as
legal certainty, judicial autonomy and division of competences, it
significantly adds to our understanding of judicial protection
within the EU.
In September 2001, the world witnessed the horrific events of 9/11.
A great deal has happened on the counterterrorist front in the 20
years since. While the terrorist threat has greatly diminished in
Northern Ireland, the events of 9/11 and their aftermath have
ushered in a new phase for the rest of the UK with some familiar,
but also many novel, characteristics. This ambitious study takes
stock of counterterrorism in Britain in this anniversary year.
Assessing current challenges, and closely mirroring the 'four Ps'
of the official CONTEST counterterrorist strategy - Protect,
Prepare, Prevent, and Pursue - it seeks to summarize and grasp the
essence of domestic law and policy, without being burdened by
excessive technical detail. It also provides a rigorous,
context-aware, illuminating, yet concise, accessible, and
policy-relevant analysis of this important and controversial
subject, grounded in relevant social science, policy studies, and
legal scholarship. This book will be an important resource for
students and scholars in law and social science, as well as human
rights, terrorism, counterterrorism, security, and conflict
studies.
The constitutional entrenchment and protection of property rights
has always been a difficult and controversial issue. With the
introduction of a new, democratic Constitution in 1993, South
African lawyers were forced to join the debate on constitutional
property, particularly in a setting where restitution and land
reform are important goals of the sociopolitical transformation
process. Given the situation and the nature of the South African
Bill of Rights, it was clear that a comparative study of
constitutional property law was necessary. This book started out as
a casebook, the idea being to collect the most important cases on
constitutional property law from various jurisdictions, but because
of the volume of important constitutional property cases from
around the world, this idea was abandoned. The result is a book
that consists of three parts. The first chapter contains general
discussion of comparative, theoretical and analytical issues, and
the author explains the way in which the book is structured.;The
second part of the book consists of 18 chapters on jurisdictions
where the property clause has generated substantial case law, and
jurisdictions that merit extensive analysis and discussion. Each of
these chapters gives a general introduction, an historical overview
if necessary, an analysis of the relevant property clause and a
discussion of the case law. The third part of the book consists of
a collection of 86 property clauses from jurisdictions not included
in earlier chapters, sometimes without discussion and in other
instances with very brief discussion of either the property clause
or the case law.
1. Introduction 2. Conceptual and Analytical Framework 3.
Reservation Policy in India: Origin Growth and Recent Trends 4.
Judicial Creativity towards Rationalisation of Reservation 5. Legal
Mechanics of Reservation and Judicial Balancing of the Conflicting
Interests 6. Conclusion Table of Cases Amendments Appendices
Bibliography Index
This book proposes an innovative treatment of minority language policies, by looking at them as policy options that can be methodically evaluated. The author applies the analytical concepts and technical tools of policy analysis to guide the reader through a step-by-step application of notions such as effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, with particular reference to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The thrust of this book is deeply interdisciplinary, and links the evaluation exercise to sociolinguistic, political and legal considerations.
Covers the key institutions, concepts and legal rules in the United
Kingdom constitutional system Explores the administrative justice
system, including judicial review, and the protection of human
rights Clearly written and easy to use Updated to cover the latest
implications of Brexit, as well as legislation in the wake of the
2020 pandemic.
The interaction between military and civilian courts, the political
power that legal prerogatives can provide to the armed forces, and
the difficult process civilian politicians face in reforming
military justice remain glaringly under-examined, despite their
implications for the quality and survival of democracy. This book
breaks new ground by providing a theoretically rich, global
examination of the operation and reform of military courts in
democratic countries. Drawing on a newly created dataset of 120
countries over more than two centuries, it presents the first
comprehensive picture of the evolution of military justice across
states and over time. Combined with qualitative historical case
studies of Colombia, Portugal, Indonesia, Fiji, Brazil, Pakistan,
and the United States, the book presents a new framework for
understanding how civilian actors are able to gain or lose legal
control of the armed forces. The book's findings have important
lessons for scholars and policymakers working in the fields of
democracy, civil-military relations, human rights, and the rule of
law.
Title 33 presents regulations administered by the Coast Guard and
the Corps of Engineers that govern the following: navigation,
international navigation rules, inland navigation rules, vessel
operating regulations, anchorages, bridges, security of vessels,
waterfront facilities, marine pollution financial responsibility
and compensation, outer continental shelf activities, deepwater
ports, pollution, ports and waterways safety, boating safety,
permits for dams, dikes, structures or work impacting navigable
waters, and more.
The EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers
- A guide to complianceFormally founded in 2017, the EU Data
Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers (otherwise
known as the EU Cloud Code of Conduct; the Code) is a voluntary
code of conduct created specifically to support GDPR compliance
within the B2B (business-to-business) Cloud industry. The EU
Commission, the Article 29 Working Party (now the European Data
Protection Board (EDPB)), the EU Directorate-General for Justice
and Consumers, and Cloud-industry leaders have all contributed to
its development, resulting in a robust framework that recognises
the unique requirements of the Cloud industry. Cloud providers must
ensure that their services - which by design involve accessing and
transferring data across the Internet, exposing it to far greater
risk than data stored and processed within an organisation's
internal network - meet or exceed the GDPR's requirements in order
to provide the security and privacy that the market expects.
Organisations can achieve this via compliance to the EU Cloud Code
of Conduct. The EU Cloud Code of Conduct has already been adopted
by major Cloud service organisations, including: Microsoft; Oracle;
Salesforce; IBM; Google Cloud; Dropbox; and Alibaba Cloud. Public
and business focus on information security and data protection
continues to increase in the face of a constantly changing threat
landscape and ever-more stringent regulation, and compliance to
initiatives such as the EU Cloud Code of Conduct demonstrates to
current and potential customers that your organisation is taking
data privacy seriously, as well as strengthens your organisation's
overall approach to information security management, and defences
against data breaches. The EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for
Cloud Service Providers provides guidance on how to implement the
Code within your organisation. It explores the objectives of the
Code, and how compliance can be achieved with or without a
pre-existing ISMS (information security management system) within
the organisation. Begin your journey to EU Cloud Code of Conduct
implementation with our guide to compliance - Buy this book today!
The UN's capacity as an administrative decision-maker that affects
the rights of individuals is a largely overlooked aspect of its
role in international affairs. Administrative Justice in the UN
explores the potential for a model of administrative justice that
might act as a benchmark to which global decision-makers could
develop procedural standards. Niamh Kinchin adeptly explores
accountability in the context of decision-making within the UN and
examines whether its administrative decisions, affecting the rights
and obligations of individuals and groups, contain sufficient
procedural protections. It is suggested that 'global administrative
justice' requires two fundamental elements; administrative
decisions made according to law, and to values communities accept
as just, which are identified as rationality, fairness,
transparency and participation. This model is applied to the UN's
Investigations Divisions of the Office of Internal Oversight
Services, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Security
Council and the Internal Formal Justice System in order to measure
procedural protections, identify gaps and make recommendations for
reform. This insightful book will be vital reading for academics
and students of human rights, constitutional, public international,
and administrative law. UN-affiliated personnel, as well as those
involved in diplomatic departments, will find this book an engaging
read.
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