The right spouse : preferential marriages in Tamil Nadu / by Clark-Decès, Isabelle, 1956-2017

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Tamil preferential marriages -- The Kallars and Dumont's theory of alliance -- Doing the right thing -- The remainders of right marriages -- The younger brother takes less -- The unbearable weight of marrying kin -- The wrongness of kin -- Love in the time of youth -- Conclusion : the present is not another country.…”
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Fighting for the right to a healthy environment : Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain /

Table of Contents: “…Right to a Healthy Environment (1:04) -- Aamjiwnaang Disease Rate (2:26) -- First Nation Birth Ratio Imbalance (4:19) -- First Nation Lifestyle Argument (1:01) -- Aamjiwnaang Teamwork (1:18) -- Increased Canadian Pollution (1:09) -- Government Regulation Failure (1:53) -- Last Resort Lawsuit (3:46) -- Monitoring Industry Pollution (1:39) -- Industry Bureaucracy Loophole (1:57) -- Air Pollution Ambiguity (1:22) -- Lack of Industry Transparency (1:00) -- First Nation Economic Betrayal (4:02) -- Massachusetts Regulation Case (2:58) -- Citizen's Fight for Public Safety (2:22) -- Representing the Greater Community (0:46) -- Shelter in Place (3:36) -- Living with Toxic Exposure (3:43) -- First Nation Marginalization (2:22) -- Deliberate Corporate Negligence (2:57) -- Corporate Jurisdiction Challenges (3:19) -- Filing an Environmental Health Lawsuit (4:42) -- Chemical Industry Evasion (1:05) -- Aamjiwnaang Lawsuit Goal (3:18) -- Suncorp Delay Tactics (1:46) -- First Nations Spiritual Guidance (2:06) -- Small Court Victory (0:47) -- Acquired Industry Authority (2:41) -- “Idle No More” Protests (1:58) -- Industry Legal Intimidation Tactics (7:32) -- Industry Cover Up (1:12) -- Community Initiated Health Studies (2:27) -- Government Complacency (1:51) -- Ongoing Public Health Fight (2:03) -- First Nations' Social Justice Struggle (2:24) -- Fight for Future Generations (4:49) -- Credits: Fighting for the right to a healthy environment: Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain (0:14)…”
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Fighting for the right to a healthy environment Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain /

Table of Contents: “…Right to a Healthy Environment (1:04) -- Aamjiwnaang Disease Rate (2:26) -- First Nation Birth Ratio Imbalance (4:19) -- First Nation Lifestyle Argument (1:01) -- Aamjiwnaang Teamwork (1:18) -- Increased Canadian Pollution (1:09) -- Government Regulation Failure (1:53) -- Last Resort Lawsuit (3:46) -- Monitoring Industry Pollution (1:39) -- Industry Bureaucracy Loophole (1:57) -- Air Pollution Ambiguity (1:22) -- Lack of Industry Transparency (1:00) -- First Nation Economic Betrayal (4:02) -- Massachusetts Regulation Case (2:58) -- Citizen's Fight for Public Safety (2:22) -- Representing the Greater Community (0:46) -- Shelter in Place (3:36) -- Living with Toxic Exposure (3:43) -- First Nation Marginalization (2:22) -- Deliberate Corporate Negligence (2:57) -- Corporate Jurisdiction Challenges (3:19) -- Filing an Environmental Health Lawsuit (4:42) -- Chemical Industry Evasion (1:05) -- Aamjiwnaang Lawsuit Goal (3:18) -- Suncorp Delay Tactics (1:46) -- First Nations Spiritual Guidance (2:06) -- Small Court Victory (0:47) -- Acquired Industry Authority (2:41) -- “Idle No More” Protests (1:58) -- Industry Legal Intimidation Tactics (7:32) -- Industry Cover Up (1:12) -- Community Initiated Health Studies (2:27) -- Government Complacency (1:51) -- Ongoing Public Health Fight (2:03) -- First Nations' Social Justice Struggle (2:24) -- Fight for Future Generations (4:49) -- Credits: Fighting for the right to a healthy environment: Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain (0:14)…”
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The right of necessity : moral cosmopolitanism and global poverty / by Mancilla, Alejandra

Table of Contents: “…The Right of Necessity and the Pull of Self-preservation / </span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: The Right of Necessity and Global Poverty</span><span> / 4. …”
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Bill of rights bill of responsibility /

Table of Contents: “…History and News (2:50) -- Constitution and the Bill of Rights (4:27) -- First Amendment (3:45) -- Second through Fourth Amendments (4:03) -- Eighteenth, Twenty-first Amendments (2:47) -- Fifth Through Eighth Amendments (2:17) -- Amendments: 15th, 19th, 26th (2:57) -- Fourteenth Amendment (1:35)…”
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Bill of rights : bill of responsibility /

Table of Contents: “…History and News (2:50) -- Constitution and the Bill of Rights (4:27) -- First Amendment (3:45) -- Second through Fourth Amendments (4:03) -- Eighteenth, Twenty-first Amendments (2:47) -- Fifth Through Eighth Amendments (2:17) -- Amendments: 15th, 19th, 26th (2:57) -- Fourteenth Amendment (1:35)…”
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Fat Rights : Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood. by Kirkland, Anna

Subjects: “…Overweight persons Civil rights United States.…”
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Transgender rights /

Table of Contents: “…Afterword: Are transgender rights inhuman rights? /…”


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Articulating rights : nineteenth-century American women on race, reform, and the state / by Parker, Alison M. (Alison Marie), 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Frances Wright : moral suasion and states' rights -- Sarah and Angelina Grimké : women's political engagement -- Frances Watkins Harper : civil rights and the role of the state -- Frances Willard : federal regulations for the common good -- Mary Church Terrell : critiques of "White lawlessness."…”


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To right these wrongs : the North Carolina Fund and the battle to end poverty and inequality in 1960s America / by Korstad, Robert Rodgers

Table of Contents: “…Battle lines -- Alliances -- Citizen soldiers -- An army of the poor -- Fighting for the high ground -- Counterassault.…”
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To right these wrongs the North Carolina Fund and the battle to end poverty and inequality in 1960s America / by Korstad, Robert Rodgers

Table of Contents: “…Battle lines -- Alliances -- Citizen soldiers -- An army of the poor -- Fighting for the high ground -- Counterassault.…”
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Right Footed.

Subjects: “…Human rights.…”
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The Right to Vote : the Contested History of Democracy in the United States. by Keyssar, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Introduction; Part I; One; Two; Three; Part II; Four; Five; Six; Part III; Seven; Eight; Nine; Conclusion; appendix; list of tables; appendix sources; notes; index.…”
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Right as rain /

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The Right to Read.

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LGBTQ rights /

Table of Contents: “…Does the LGBTQ community enjoy equal rights? -- Does the promotion of LGBTQ rights threaten the freedom of others? …”


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On Minority Rights. / by Lin, Li

Table of Contents: “…The Protection of Minority Rights by a Comprehensive Legal System and Preferential Policy, Paths and Experiences of the Regional National Autonomy in China, Chen JianyuePart Three: Anti-discrimination Policy and Protection of Rights of Minoritie; Study on the Height Discrimination in the Employment in Chinese Urban Areas, On the Case Study of Height Requirements in the Recruitment Advertisement in 300 Thousand Copies of Newspapers in Shanghai and Chengdu from 1995 to 2005, Zhou Wei; Anti-chscrimination, Europeanisation and Multilevel Policy Making, Luis Moreno.…”
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Inalienable rights : the limits of consent in medicine and the law / by McConnell, Terrance C.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; ONE: The Nature of Inalienable Rights; TWO: The Moral Foundations of Inalienable Rights; THREE: The Inalienable Right of Conscience: A Madisonian/Jeffersonian Argument; FOUR: The Right of Informed Consent and Inalienability; FIVE: The Inalienable Right to Life and Its Implications for Voluntary Euthanasia; SIX: Assisted Suicide and the Inalienable Right to Life; SEVEN: Human Organs and Inalienablility; EIGHT: Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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After the Voting Rights Act : registration barriers /

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Women's rights

Table of Contents: “…Women Around the World (2:55) -- International Women's Movement (1:18) -- Women's Movement in the US (3:52) -- China (1:01) -- Confucianism (1:15) -- Effect of Communism on Women's Rights (0:46) -- Trafficking and Sexism (2:34) -- Career Choice (0:53) -- Afghanistan (3:04) -- Women Enslaved (2:51) -- Poverty and Aids (3:30) -- Global Fight (1:16)…”
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