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  • Health Care and the Charter

    Legal Mobilization and Policy Change in Canada

    Series series Law and Society
    Since the introduction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, individuals and organizations have increasingly turned to the courts to try to bring about policy change in areas such as health care. Health Care and the Charter explores the systematic use of Charter litigation in the area of health care and the ultimate policy impact of the resulting judicial decisions. Christopher P ... Leer más

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  • Contested Constitutionalism

    Reflections on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

    Series series Law and Society
    The introduction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 was accompanied by much fanfare and public debate, and the Charter remains the subject of controversy twenty-five years later. Contested Constitutionalism does not celebrate the Charter; rather it offers a critique by distinguished scholars of law and political science of its effect on democracy, judicial power, and the place ... Leer más

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    What Everyone Needs to Know®, Revised and Updated Edition

    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation, and the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Act has ensured that it will remain the law of the land. The new law extends health insurance to nearly all Americans, fulfilling a century-long quest and bringing the United States to parity with other industrial ... Leer más

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  • Negroes with Guns

    The Quintessential Exploration of the Role of Violence in Protecting Civil Rights This enhanced edition includes an index. "I do not advocate violence for its own sake, or for the sake of reprisals against whites. Nor am I against the passive resistance advocated by the Reverend Martin Luther King," Robert F. Williams wrote in his prologue to Negroes with Guns. "But where there is a breakdown of ... Leer más

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  • Doctors Without Borders

    Humanitarian Quests, Impossible Dreams of Médecins Sans Frontières

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    An intimate portrait of the renowned international humanitarian organization.Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence, Sociology and Social Work of the Association of American PublishersThis study of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) casts new light on the organization’s founding principles, distinctive culture, and inner struggles to realize more fully its “without borders” ... Leer más

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  • Crime Scene Investigations

    Series Libro 3 - Understanding Canadian Law
    When police are called in to investigate a crime, what powers and limitations apply to them? What are their rights to question strangers, search without warrants, or detain individuals who might become suspects? Crime Scene Investigations breaks down the Supreme Court's decisions on questions like these into clear and practical terms.Police need to be vigilant, since the line between a lawful ... Leer más

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  • Reducing Gun Violence in America

    Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis

    Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineThe staggering toll of gun violence—which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year—is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response.The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world's leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both ... Leer más

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  • Global Health Law

    The international community has made great progress in improving global health. But staggering health inequalities between rich and poor still remain, raising fundamental questions of social justice. In a book that systematically defines the burgeoning field of global health law, Lawrence Gostin drives home the need for effective global governance for health and offers a blueprint for reform, ... Leer más

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  • Terms of Engagement

    How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution's Promise of Limited Government

    The Constitution was designed to limit government power and protect individuals from the tyranny of majorities and interest-group politics. But those protections are meaningless without judges who are fully committed to enforcing them, and America’s judges have largely abdicated that responsibility. All too often, instead of judging the constitutionality of government action, courts simply ... Leer más

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  • Tapping into The Wire

    The Real Urban Crisis

    Story lines from The Wire challenge public perceptions about the deadly, real-world connections between drugs, crime, and poverty.Did Omar Little die of lead poisoning? Would a decriminalization strategy like the one in Hamsterdam end the War on Drugs? What will it take to save neglected kids like Wallace and Dukie? Tapping into 'The Wire' uses the acclaimed television series as a road map for ... Leer más

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  • The Global War on Tobacco

    Mapping the World's First Public Health Treaty

    "A major contribution not just to tobacco control research but also to research on global governance and public health . . . thorough [and] compelling." —Frank J. Chaloupka IV, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois–ChicagoAs the era of globalization progressed, the tobacco industry capitalized on its elements—including trade liberalization, foreign direct investment, and ... Leer más

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  • The Right to Vote

    The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

    Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of 2000 through the 2008 campaign and the election of Barack Obama. The Right to Vote is a sweeping ... Leer más

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