Mobilizing For Human Rights: International Law In Domestic Politics [Book Review],
2010
Singapore Management University
Mobilizing For Human Rights: International Law In Domestic Politics [Book Review], Jiyoung Song
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
Review of Mobilizing for human rights: international law in domestic politics by Beth A Simmons, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780521885102 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-521-71232-3 (pbk), 451 pp. And Clifford Bob (ed.), The international struggle for new human rights, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009, ISBN 9780812241310, 195 pp.
Countering The Majoritarian Difficulty,
2010
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Countering The Majoritarian Difficulty, Stefanie A. Lindquist, Amanda Frost
Scholarship@WashULaw
Most state court judges are elected to office, and thus must be attentive to voter preferences just like other elected officials. Critics of judicial elections fear that subjecting judges to majoritarian pressures jeopardizes the rights of disfavored groups and undermines the rule of law, and accordingly call for their abolition. The reality, however, is that judicial elections are firmly entrenched in thirty-eight states, and thus appear to be a permanent part of the legal landscape.
This article suggests that the so-called “majoritarian difficulty” posed by elected judges can be tempered by regular interactions with appointed, life-tenured federal judges, who are …
Arab/American Relations And Human Security, Post-9/11: A Political Narrative Inquiry,
2010
Antioch University - PhD Program in Leadership and Change
Arab/American Relations And Human Security, Post-9/11: A Political Narrative Inquiry, Charlotte Moats-Gallagher
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
This study explored eighteen women's views and experiences in the arena of Arab/American relations, post-9/11. The study engaged three groups of women: Arab women in Qatar, Arab American women in the U.S., and non-Arab women in the U.S. Qualitative narrative inquiry methodology was used complemented by an innovative use of freewriting to help prepare participants for interviews. Clarke’s (2005a) situational analysis was used to open up and analyze the data. Findings surfaced around the interconnected themes of identity, racism, discrimination and Othering, the role of the media, and how these ultimately influence a collective sense of and experience of human …
