Human Rights & Civil Liberties Law

During the 113th Congress, the Senate might consider providing its advice and consent to ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Perso...

The Voting Rights Act (VRA) is a landmark federal law enacted in 1965 to remove race-based restrictions on voting. It is perhaps the country''s mos...

Since the early 1960s, incarcerated Muslims have used legal action to establish their rights to religious freedom behind bars and improve the condi...

Celebrations of the transgender tipping point in the second decade of the twenty-first century occurred at the same time of heightened debates and ...

Historically, critics of interracial, interfaith, and most recently same-sex marriage have invoked conscience and religious liberty to defend their...

The international law governing armed conflict is at a crossroads, as the formal framework of laws designed to control the exercise of self-defense...

This collection of essays explores the evolution of anti-discrimination law in European civil law jurisdictions. Historically, scholarship in this ...

The Immigration Law Handbook has established itself as the gold standard in the field and has become an invaluable resource for immigration practit...

The foundational principle of this book is the sacred rights enumerated in the United States Constitution, specifically, in the Firstand Thirteenth...