Rights remembered : a Salish grandmother speaks on American Indian history and the future / by Hillaire, Pauline, 1929-

Table of Contents: “…The twentieth century and after -- Legal and land rights -- A shrinking land base, persecution, and racism -- Aboriginal fishermen -- Break through ahistory -- Part 3. …”


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Our rights / by Carelli, Vincent

Subjects: “…Indians of South America Civil rights Brazil.…”
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The Bill of Rights : creation and reconstruction / by Amar, Akhil Reed

Table of Contents: “…First things first -- Our First Amendment -- The military amendments -- Searches, seizures, and takings -- Juries -- The popular-sovereignty amendments -- Antebellum ideas -- The Reconstruction Amendment : text -- The Reconstruction Amendment : history -- Refining incorporation -- Reconstructing rights -- A new birth of freedom.…”


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Lost rights : the destruction of American liberty / by Bovard, James

Subjects: “…Civil rights United States. sh 85026377…”


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An introduction to rights / by Edmundson, William A. (William Atkins), 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The first expansionary era. The prehistory of rights ; The rights of man: the Enlightenment ; "Mischievous nonsense"? …”
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The right to rule : how states win and lose legitimacy / by Gilley, Bruce, 1966-

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Land Rights. by Chesters, Timothy

Table of Contents: “…Indigenous Peoples and International Human Rights; Response; 3. Standing in Deep Time; Standing in the Law: A Non-Indigenous Australian Perspective on Land Rights, Land Wrongs, and Self-Determination; Response; 4. …”
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The right touch : understanding and using the language of physical contact / by Jones, Stanley E., 1935-

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Rights and responsibilities.

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Animal rights / by Yount, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE TOPIC: Issues in animal welfare and animal rights -- The law and animal rights -- Chronology -- Biographical listing -- Glossary -- PART II: GUIDE TO FURTHER RESEARCH: How to research animal rights issues -- Annotated bibliography -- Organizations and agencies -- PART III: APPENDICES: Appendix A: Animal Welfare Act, 1970 -- Appendix B: Endangered Species Act, 1973 -- Appendix C: Animal Legal Defense Fund v. …”


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Victims' rights : a reference handbook / by Glenn, Leigh

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Defining crime victims' rights -- Constitutional Amendments and rights of the accused -- Politics, social activism and victims' rights -- Ronald Reagan and victims' rights -- Victims' rights and other issues -- The future of victims' rights -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Policy, legislation, and court cases -- Directory of organizations -- Selected print and nonprint resources.…”
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Uncivil rights : teachers, unions, and race in the battle for school equity / by Perrillo, Jonna

Table of Contents: “…Building a "new social order": teachers, teacher unions, and equity in the Great Depression -- Muscular democracy: teachers and the War on Prejudice, 1940 -- 1950 -- Organizing the oppressed teacher: teachers' rights in the Cold War -- "An educator's commitment": professionalism and civil rights in the 1960s -- From teachers' rights to teacher power -- Conclusion: moving beyond rights?…”
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Hard right : the rise of Jesse Helms / by Furgurson, Ernest B., 1929-

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Human rights : concept and context / by Orend, Brian, 1971-

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Human rights : initial publication of the American Section of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, consisting of the papers prepared for its second plenary meeting /

Subjects: “…Civil rights Congresses. sh2008101042…”
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The good in the right : a theory of intuition and intrinsic value / by Audi, Robert, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Kantian intuitionism -- The possibility of systematizing Rossian principles -- A Kantian integration of intuitionist principles -- Kantian intuitionism as a development of Kantian ethics -- Between the middle axioms and moral decision: the multiple grounds of obligation -- 4. Rightness and goodness -- Intrinsic value and the grounding of reasons for action -- Intrinsic value and prima facie duty -- The autonomy of ethics -- Deontological constraints and agent-relative reasons -- The unity problem for intuitionist ethics -- 5. …”
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Children's rights : multidisciplinary approaches to participation and protection /

Table of Contents: “…The dilemma of child and youth participation in Nepal's People's War / Tom O'Neill -- Protecting the rights of international 'orphans' : evaluating the alternatives / Lucy Le Mare, Karyn Audet, and Karen Kurytnik -- Becoming-child : ontology, immanence, and the production of child and youth rights / Hans Skott-Myhre and Donato Tarulli -- Children's right to education : contextualizing its expression in developed and developing countries / Dawn Zinga and Sherri Young -- Entitlement beyond the family : global rights commitments and children's health policy in Canada / Candace Johnson -- There's no place like home : the child's right to family / Marjorie Aunos and Maurice Feldman -- Human rights for children and youth with developmental disabilities / Frances Owen [and others] -- Protecting the rights of alleged victims of child abuse in adult-based judicial systems / Kim P. …”
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Refugee rights : ethics, advocacy, and Africa /

Table of Contents: “…There is more than one way of dying : an Ethiopian perspective on long term stays in refugee camps / Abebe Feyissa with Rebecca Horn -- What we owe to refugees and IDPs : an inquiry into the rights of the forcibly displaced / William O'Neill -- Burundian refugees in western Tanzania : responsibilities for advocacy / Joint Commission for Refugees of the Burundi and Tanzania Episcopal Conferences -- The right to freedom of movement for refugees in Uganda / Lucy Hovil and Moses Chrispus Okello -- The plight of urban refugees in Nairobi, Kenya / John Burton Wagacha and John Guiney -- Protection as capability expansion : practical ethics for assisting urban refugees / Loren Landau -- Sexual violence, gender roles, and displacement / Binaifer Nowrojee -- Justice, women's rights, and forced migration / Susan Martin -- Human rights, the use of force, and displacement in the Great Lakes region : Reflections on a troubling trend / Khoti Kamanga -- Internally displaced people, sovereignty, and the responsibility to protect / David Hollenbach -- Internally displaced persons in northern Uganda : a challenge for peace and reconciliation / Lam Oryem Cosmas -- Justice and peace : reintegration and reconciliation of returning displaced persons in post-conflict situations / Stephen J. …”
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Animal rights : current debates and new directions /

Table of Contents: “…what are animal rights? /…”
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Imputed rights an essay in Christian social theory / by Andelson, Robert V.

Table of Contents: “…The foundations of human rights -- pt. 2. The community of covenant.…”
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