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How we can understand race, crime, and punishment in the age of
Black Lives Matter When The Color of Crime was first published in
1998, it was heralded as a path-breaking book on race and crime.
Now, in its third edition, Katheryn Russell-Brown's book is more
relevant than ever, as police killings of unarmed Black
civilians-such as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Daniel
Prude-continue to make headlines around the world. She continues to
ask, why do Black and white Americans perceive police actions so
differently? Is white fear of Black crime justified? With three new
chapters, over forty new racial hoax cases, and other timely
updates, this edition offers an even more expansive view of crime
and punishment in the twenty-first century. Russell-Brown gives us
much-needed insight into some of the most recent racial hoaxes,
such as the one perpetrated by Amy Cooper. Should perpetrators of
racial hoaxes be charged with a felony? Further, Russell-Brown
makes a compelling case for race and crime literacy and the need to
address and name White crime. Russell-Brown powerfully concludes
the book with a parable that invites readers to imagine what would
happen if Blacks decided to abandon the United States.
Russell-Brown explores the tacit and subtle ways that crime is
systematically linked to people of color. The Color of Crime is a
lucid and forceful volume that calls for continued vigilance on the
part of scholars, policymakers, journalists, and others in the age
of Black Lives Matter.
Regulatory Competition and Economic Integration addresses one of the hottest policy questions on both sides of the Atlantic. Esty and Geradin bring together top-notch scholars from both Europe and the United States to examine the various aspects of the debate between 'harmonization' and 'regulatory competition' across three comparative dimensions. The book provides a sharp focus on the circumstances that would yield gains from regulatory competition and to contrast those cases where heightened co-operation in standard setting or broader regulatory harmonization might increase social welfare.
Labor law in the energy industry is governed by a special
regulatory regime. The strong ties between many firms and public
authorities and the exploitation of new energy sources outside of
Germany have created multi-faceted problems. This study takes a
reasoned position on all issues related to the special labor regime
for the energy industry, offering practical guidance.
Judicial Retirement Laws of the Fifty States and the District of
Columbia, the first comprehensive work on the subject, brings
together a complete survey of existing judicial retirement laws in
all fifty-cone jurisdictions. Using appropriate constitutional and
statutory citations, Bernard S. Meyer identifies, in each
jurisdiction, provisions for mandatory retirement on account of
age, for retirement due to disability (voluntary and involuntary),
and for further judicial service after retirement. This work also
suggests how these laws should be changed for the improvement, and
the interest, of justice. Bernard S. Meyer prepared this survey as
Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee of the ABA Senior Lawyers
Division.
The new Working Time Regulations came into force on 1 October 1998.
Although the implementation of Regulations has been imminent ever
since Labour came to power, the business and legal communities have
remained largely ignorant of its widespread and immediate effects.
The Regulations give workers new rights to: a limit of 48 hours on
the average working week limits on night work three weeks paid
annual leave (four in 1999) rest breaks and rest days health and
safety assessments The Working Time Regulations will affect
practically every business in the country. If employers fail to
comply with the provisions they may run the risk of facing
employment tribunal proceedings or even prosecution by the health
and safety executive.This new Guide provides lawyers, personnel
specialists and employers with a clear and concise explanation of
the practical implications of the Directive and the supporting
Regulations. It also takes account of the DTIs Regulatory Guidance.
The Guide Contains a Copy of the Regulations, The Working Time
Directive and The Young Workers Directive.
The operation of public services at both domestic and European
levels is becoming a subject of considerable interest to
researchers and policy makers alike. This book examines the
economic and political implications of public services alongside a
detailed analysis of their legal impact. Through this analysis, a
new concept of constitutional citizenship is identified; a concept
which would give consumers, as well as employees, new rights. The
book also examines the new doctrine of services of general economic
interest, as enshrined in the Amsterdam Treaty, and the impact it
will have on public services. The privatization of public services
and the resulting impact on consumers is also dealt with.
'This volume presents precisely the types of problems facing HR
professionals in multinational corporations and reveals the many
challenges of bridging across cultures and legal systems.' - Howard
Salazar, Manager of HR Operations, Harley-Davidson Motor Company,
US 'In aligning human resource management with the legal
requirements in different countries, multinational corporations
have to simultaneously stay true to their corporate culture and
honor the distinct cultures where they do business. This volume
provides deep insights for navigating this terrain in the 21st
Century.' - Pat Canavan, Senior Vice President for Global
Governance, Motorola Corporation (retired), US 'Leading a global HR
function requires a deep appreciation of many cultures and laws,
which are at the center of this important new book. Organizing the
learning around tangible problems is a great approach - valuable
for experienced practitioners and newly appointed HR professionals
alike.' - Cheri Alexander, Vice President, HR International
Operations, General Motors (retired), US Multinational corporations
face considerable complexity in setting the terms and conditions of
employment. Differing national laws prevent firms from developing
consistent sets of employment policies, but, at the same time,
employees are often expected to work closely with colleagues
located in many different countries and seek comparable treatment.
This critical volume offers a comprehensive analysis of how these
contradictory issues are dealt with in five countries - Australia,
Brazil, Germany, Japan and the United States. The authors identify
six key areas that present the most typical challenges: employee
voice (unionization and works councils), discrimination, privacy,
wrongful dismissal, compensation and benefits administration, and
global supply chain and labor standards. Working within these broad
categories, legal experts from each country offer a detailed
breakdown of twenty commonly confronted human resource problems and
the ways in which national laws affect their solutions. Using a
unique combination of primary sources, discussion questions and
expert analyses, this pioneering volume provides readers with a new
and intensive picture of human resource management across the
world. Human resources managers and other practitioners will find
this book an indispensable resource. The structure and approach
make it an ideal classroom text for students of business and
management, labor law and other related fields. Instructors from
other than the five countries can easily supplement analysis of the
problems by reference to their domestic systems, which gives this
work added flexibility and relevance.
Women are still far from equal to men yet discrimination on the grounds of sex is unlawful. In this compelling, new book, Sandra Fredman asks the question: why has the law had so little impact? She argues that it is due to inherent limitations within the legal framework. In particular, the law is unable to address the division of labour within the family, a factor which continues to prove a serious impediment to women's progress. The author concludes that only when this caring work is properly valued, and men and women participate equally in both family life and the paid workforce will real progress in the arena of sexual equality be made.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
promotes ability equality, but this is not experienced in national
laws. Australia, Canada, Ireland, the UK and the US all have one
thing in common: regulatory frameworks which treat workers with
psychosocial disabilities less favorably than workers with either
physical or sensory disabilities. Ableism at Work is a
comprehensive and comparative legal, practical and theoretical
analysis of workplace inequalities experienced by workers with
psychosocial disabilities. Whether it be denying
anti-discrimination protection to people with episodic
disabilities, addictions or other psychological impairments,
failing to make reasonable accommodations/adjustments for workers
with psychosocial disabilities, or denying them workers'
compensation or occupational health and safety protections,
regulatory interventions imbed inequalities. Ableism, sanism and
prejudice are expressly stated in laws, reflected in judgments, and
perpetuated by workplace practices and this book enables advocates,
policy makers and lawmakers to understand the wider context in
which systems discriminate workers with psychosocial disabilities.
Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we
can't see it One in four American workers says their workplace is a
"dictatorship." Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if
we recognized employers for what they are-private governments with
sweeping authoritarian power over our lives. Many employers
minutely regulate workers' speech, clothing, and manners on the
job, and employers often extend their authority to the off-duty
lives of workers, who can be fired for their political speech,
recreational activities, diet, and almost anything else employers
care to govern. In this compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson
examines why, despite all this, we continue to talk as if free
markets make workers free, and she proposes a better way to think
about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers
can enjoy real freedom.
Starting in the early 1900s, many thousands of native Filipinos
were conscripted as laborers in American West Coast agricultural
fields and Alaska salmon canneries. There, they found themselves
confined to exploitative low-wage jobs in racially segregated
workplaces as well as subjected to vigilante violence and other
forms of ethnic persecution. In time, though, Filipino workers
formed political organizations and affiliated with labor unions to
represent their interests and to advance their struggles for class,
race, and gender-based social justice. Union by Law analyzes the
broader social and legal history of Filipino American workers'
rights-based struggles, culminating in the devastating landmark
Supreme Court ruling, Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio (1989).
Organized chronologically, the book begins with the US invasion of
the Philippines and the imposition of colonial rule at the dawn of
the twentieth century. The narrative then follows the migration of
Filipino workers to the United States, where they mobilized for
many decades within and against the injustices of American racial
capitalist empire that the Wards Cove majority willfully ignored in
rejecting their longstanding claims. This racial innocence in turn
rationalized judicial reconstruction of official civil rights law
in ways that significantly increased the obstacles for all workers
seeking remedies for institutionalized racism and sexism. A
reclamation of a long legacy of racial capitalist domination over
Filipinos and other low-wage or unpaid migrant workers, Union by
Law also tells a story of noble aspirational struggles for human
rights over several generations and of the many ways that law was
mobilized both to enforce and to challenge race, class, and gender
hierarchy at work.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In today's
society, work takes up a vast proportion of the time and energy of
ordinary people. Although use of the phrase 'work-life balance' is
now commonplace in the media and ordinary conversation, people work
longer hours than ever before. However, rather than purely a means
to an end in terms of supporting oneself financially, the workplace
is a place to develop skills and talents and build lasting
friendships. For these reasons, people want to know about their
rights in the workplace. Issues of equal pay, discrimination,
discharge/dismissal, and redundancy are prevalent within the media,
and there is a growing public appetite for knowledge of the law
governing the employment relationship. This Very Short Introduction
provides an overview of the main kinds of employment rights and
labour laws found in many countries. It unpicks and evaluates some
of the assumptions underpinning contemporary attitudes to such
rights and laws in order to measure whether they are warranted.
Throughout it also considers the economic, political, sociological,
and social justifications for employment rights and laws. ABOUT THE
SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University
Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area.
These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new
subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis,
perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and
challenging topics highly readable.
The proliferation of chemical substances in commerce poses
significant scientific and philosophical problems. The scientific
challenge is to develop data, methodologies and techniques for
identifying and assessing toxic substances before they cause harm
to human beings or the environment. The philosophical problem is to
determine how much scientific information we should demand for this
task consistent with the pursuit of other social goals. In this
book, Carl Cranor utilizes material from ethics, philosophy of law,
epidemiology, tort law, regulatory law, and risk assessment to
argue that the evidentiary standards for science used in the law to
control toxics ought to be evaluated with the purposes of the law
in mind. Demanding too much for this purpose will slow the
evaluation and lead to an excess of toxic substances left
unidentified and unassessed, thus leaving the public at risk.
Demanding too little may impose other costs. Analyzing this tension
philosophically, Cranor argues for an appropriate balance between
these social concerns. Although the use of somewhat less stringent
evidentiary standards for expert testimony in tort law cases and
the use of expedited procedures in the regulatory field might in
some cases lead to mistakes of overcompensation or overregulation,
the overall social costs would be less than the alternatives.
Justice requires that we tolerate the chance of such errors and
that we resist the temptation to demand the most science intensive
evaluation of each substance in order to protect individuals better
from mistakes of undercompensation and underregulation. The role of
science in the control of toxic substances is an important public
philosophical issue, yetuntil now has received little discussion by
philosophers. Regulating Toxic Substances addresses this subject in
a way that speaks both to a well-informed public and to experts in
several disciplines, including philosophy, risk assessment,
environmental and tort law, environmental studies, and public
health policy.
'This volume presents precisely the types of problems facing HR
professionals in multinational corporations and reveals the many
challenges of bridging across cultures and legal systems.' - Howard
Salazar, Manager of HR Operations, Harley-Davidson Motor Company,
US 'In aligning human resource management with the legal
requirements in different countries, multinational corporations
have to simultaneously stay true to their corporate culture and
honor the distinct cultures where they do business. This volume
provides deep insights for navigating this terrain in the 21st
Century.' - Pat Canavan, Senior Vice President for Global
Governance, Motorola Corporation (retired), US 'Leading a global HR
function requires a deep appreciation of many cultures and laws,
which are at the center of this important new book. Organizing the
learning around tangible problems is a great approach - valuable
for experienced practitioners and newly appointed HR professionals
alike.' - Cheri Alexander, Vice President, HR International
Operations, General Motors (retired), US Multinational corporations
face considerable complexity in setting the terms and conditions of
employment. Differing national laws prevent firms from developing
consistent sets of employment policies, but, at the same time,
employees are often expected to work closely with colleagues
located in many different countries and seek comparable treatment.
This critical volume offers a comprehensive analysis of how these
contradictory issues are dealt with in five countries - Australia,
Brazil, Germany, Japan and the United States. The authors identify
six key areas that present the most typical challenges: employee
voice (unionization and works councils), discrimination, privacy,
wrongful dismissal, compensation and benefits administration, and
global supply chain and labor standards. Working within these broad
categories, legal experts from each country offer a detailed
breakdown of twenty commonly confronted human resource problems and
the ways in which national laws affect their solutions. Using a
unique combination of primary sources, discussion questions and
expert analyses, this pioneering volume provides readers with a new
and intensive picture of human resource management across the
world. Human resources managers and other practitioners will find
this book an indispensable resource. The structure and approach
make it an ideal classroom text for students of business and
management, labor law and other related fields. Instructors from
other than the five countries can easily supplement analysis of the
problems by reference to their domestic systems, which gives this
work added flexibility and relevance.
Reflexive Labour Law in the World Society investigates trends in
labour and employment law from the perspective of modern social
systems theory.It uses Niklas Luhmann's theory of the world society
and Gunther Teubner's reflexive law concept for an analysis of
modern employment law and industrial relations. Areas investigated
include: reflexive employment protection; the reflexive regulation
and deregulation of labor market policies and labour law;
reflexivity in labor and employment conflict resolution; reflexive
coordination and implementation of EU social and employment law;
and reflexive global labor law. Contents: Preface Part I: Theory 1.
The World Society Context: The Globalisation of Labour Law 2.
Reflexive Labour Law: A General Introduction 3. Industrial
Relations as a Social System Part II: Reflexive Trends in Modern
Labour Law 4. Reflexive Employment Protection 5. Reflexive
Regulation of Labour Market Policies 6. Reflexive Deregulation of
Labour Market Policies and Labour Law 7. Reflexive Regulation of
Labour and Employment Conflict Resolution Part III: Reflexive
European and International Labour Law 8. Reflexive Coordination of
European Social and Employment Policies 9. Reflexive Implementation
of EU Employment Law - A Case Study of the Working Time Directive
10. Reflexive Global Labour Law Bibliography Index
The commentary offers a manageable guide to all those that apply
the Co-determination Act . This work distinguishes itself by
clarity, practical reasoning, and understandable language. The
focus of this commentary is to bring to light the difficult
dialectical legal regulation of the parity of groups on supervisory
boards and the dominance of shareholders and to provide this with a
secure legal foundation.
The Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration is the first
academic publication aiming to offer comprehensive coverage, on a
yearly basis, of the most recent and salient developments regarding
international sports arbitration, through a combination of general
articles and case notes. The present volume covers decisions
rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and national
courts in 2017. It is a must have for sports lawyers and
arbitrators, as well as researchers engaged in this field. It
provides in-depth articles on current issues raised by
international sports arbitration, and commentaries by esteemed
academics and experienced practitioners on the most important
decisions of the year by the CAS and national courts. Dr. Antoine
Duval is Senior Researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The
Hague and heads the Asser International Sports Law Centre. Prof.
Antonio Rigozzi teaches international arbitration and sports law at
the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, and is the partner in
charge of the sports arbitration practice at Levy Kaufmann-Kohler,
a Geneva-based law firm specializing in international arbitration.
2017 Foreword INDIES Book Award Honorable Mention Publishers
Weekly's Five Best Religion Titles of 2017 Is privilege real or
imagined? It's clear that issues of race and equality have come to
the forefront in our nation's consciousness. Every week yet another
incident involving racial tension splashes across headlines and
dominates our news feeds. But it's not easy to unpack the origins
of these tensions, and perhaps we wonder whether any of these
issues really has anything to do with us. Ken Wytsma, founder of
the Justice Conference, understands these questions. He has gone
through his own journey of understanding the underpinnings of
inequality and privilege. In this timely, insightful book Wytsma
unpacks what we need to know to be grounded in conversations about
today's race-related issues. And he helps us come to a deeper
understanding of both the origins of these issues and the
reconciling role we are called to play as witnesses of the gospel.
This expanded edition includes a new afterword with further
reflections on race and privilege in today's cultural context
A meticulous and exhaustive accounting of the total economic
devastation wreaked on Black communities by mass incarceration with
an action guide for vital reparations. Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power
is a staggering account of the destruction wrought by mass
incarceration. Finding that the economic value of the damages to
Black individuals, families, and communities totals $7.16
trillion-roughly 86 percent of the current Black-White wealth
gap-this compelling and exhaustive analysis puts unprecedented
empirical heft behind an urgent call for reparations. Much of the
damage of mass incarceration, Tasseli McKay finds, has been
silently absorbed by families and communities of the
incarcerated-where it is often compensated for by women's invisible
labor. Four decades of state-sponsored violence have destroyed the
health, economic potential, and political power of Black Americans
across generations. Grounded in principles of transitional justice
that have guided other nations in moving past eras of state
violence, Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power presents a comprehensive
framework for how to begin intensive individual and institutional
reparations. The extent of mass incarceration's racialized harms,
estimated here with new rigor and scope, points to the urgency of
this work and the possibilities that lie beyond it.
The Legal Aspects of Industrial Hygiene and Safety explores various
legal issues that are often encountered by Industrial Hygiene and
Safety managers during their careers. A description is presented of
the various legal concepts and processes that often arise in the
IH/S practice, including tort, contract, and administrative law.
The goal is to provide IH/S managers with sufficient knowledge to
be able to incorporate legal risk analysis into everyday
decision-making and policy development. This book will explore the
legal issues that arise in IH/S practice and will be helpful to new
IH/S managers as they progress in their careers. FEATURES Explores
various legal issues that are often encountered by Industrial
Hygiene and Safety managers during their careers Provides insight
into the legal issues and processes to IH/S managers that are
traditionally only available to attorneys Improves the IH/S
managers' ability to communicate complex IH/S issues to in-house
counsel Presents tools and knowledge to IH/S managers so they can
better consider the legal risks of the decisions they make Covers
various legal concepts and processes that can arise in the IH/S
practice, including tort, contract, and administrative law
Homework; work that is categorised as informal employment,
performed in the home, mainly for subcontractors and mostly
undertaken by women. The inequities and injustices inherent in
homework conditions maintain women's weak bargaining position,
preventing them from making any improvements to their lives via
their work. The best way to tackle these issues is not to abolish,
but to bring equality and justice to homework. This book
contributes a gender justice framework to analyse and confront the
issues and problems of homework. The authors propose four justice
dimensions - recognition, representation, rights and redistribution
- to examine and analyse homework. This framework also takes into
account the structures and processes of capitalism and the
patriarchy, and the relations of domination that are widely held to
be the major factors that determine homework injustice. The authors
discuss strategies and approaches that have worked for homeworkers,
highlighting why they worked and the features that were beneficial
for them. Homeworking Women will be of interest to individuals and
organisations working with or for the collective benefit of
homeworkers, academics and students interested in feminism, labour
regulation, informal work, supply chains and social and political
justice.
Modern Employment Law covers all aspects relating to the employment
relationship between employer and employee at both individual and
collective levels. All chapters are absorbing and exact, with
nuanced topics such as unfair dismissal, discrimination and trade
union law being explored from several different angles. Pedagogical
features such as Thinking points and Further reading sections
enable students to consolidate and extend their knowledge. Though
primarily aimed at LLB students, this book offers a wide-ranging,
accurate, authoritative, contemporary and readable guide to modern
employment law for all students of the subject, at both
undergraduate and postgraduate level. Although a collaborative
effort, each author focused on specific areas of employment law.
Ann Lyon examined the statutory rights of employees including
topics such as redundancy, unfair dismissal and discrimination and
equal pay issues. Charles Barrow had primary responsibility for the
introduction, the majority of the contract of employment chapters
and the collective aspects of employment law.
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