Bringing Human Rights Home(Abridged) A History of Human Rights in the United States (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) by Cynthia Soohoo, Catherine Albisa, MarthaF. Davis Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Pennsylvania Press Abridged ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-2079-7, ISBN: 0-8122-2079-X
"Throughout its history, America's policies have alternatively embraced human rights, regarded them with ambivalence, or rejected them out of hand. The essays in "Bringing Human Rights Home: A History of Human Rights in the United States" put these shifting political winds into a larger historical perspective, from the country's very beginnings to the present day.The contributing writers examine the global influences on early American at ..."
"... online at www.ailf.org/ipc/2007_march_perspective .shtml (describing
obstacles to providing banking services to the undocumented). 35. See generally
Beth Lyon, "Tipping the Balance," U. Pa. J. Int'l. L. 1 (forthcoming 2007). 36. See
Carl Hulse, "Kennedy Plea Was Last Gasp for Immigration Bill," New York Times (
June 9, 2007). 37. O'Rourke, pp. 190-194 (analyzing proposed plans for
immigration statute), supra note 18. 38. See gen ..."
Brutal Need(Updated) Lawyers and the Welfare Rights Movement, 1960-1973 by MarthaF. Davis Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 1995 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-06424-7, ISBN: 0-300-06424-1
"During the 1960s a new breed of "poverty lawyers"—in collaboration with welfare recipient activists—mounted a legal campaign to create a constitutional right to welfare. The collaboration worked significant changes in the social welfare system of the United States and in the scope of individual constitutional rights. In this book, Martha F. Davis tells the behind-the-scenes story of the strategies, successes, failures, and frustrations ..."
Brutal Need(1st Edition) Lawyers and the Welfare Rights Movement, 1960-1973 by MarthaF. Davis Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1993 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-05378-4, ISBN: 0-300-05378-9
"During the 1960s a group of lawyers - in collaboration with welfare recipient activists - mounted a legal campaign to create a constitutional right to welfare. This book tells the behind-the-scenes story of that campaign - the strategies, successes, failures and frustrations."
"Cities increasingly base their local policies on human rights. Human rights cities promise to forge new alliances between urban actors and international organizations, to enable the 'translation' of the abstract language of human rights to the local level, and to develop new practices designed to bring about global urban justice. This book brings together academics and practitioners at the forefront of human rights cities and the 'right ..."
"and America ( New York : Norton , 1988 ) ; Richard Tuck , Natural Rights
Theories : Their Origin and Development ... and Resolves , October 14 , 1774 , in
United States , Continental Congress , Journals of the Continental Congress ,
1774 - 1789 , vol . ... See also the discussion in Gary Wills , Inventing America (
New York : Vintage , 1979 ) . 10 . ... Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves ,
March 2 , 1807 , in United States , ..."
"Cynthia Soohoo, Catherine Albisa, Martha F. Davis ... Contributors. ABOUT THE
EDITORS Cynthia Soohoo directs the Bringing Human Rights Home Project (
BHRH), Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School, and is a supervising
attorney for the law school's Human Rights Clinic. ... Catherine Albisa is the
executive director of the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)
and a constitutional and human rights lawyer with a b ..."
"Leitner, Helga, Peck, Jamie and Sheppard, Eric S. 2007. 'Squaring up to
Neoliberalism', in Helga Leitner, Jamie Peck and Eric S. Sheppard (eds.),
Contesting Neoliberalism: Urban Frontiers. London: The Guildford Press, pp. 311
–327. Leitner, Helga, Sheppard, Eric S., Sziarto, Kristin and Maringanti, Anand
2007. 'Contesting Urban Futures: Decentring Neoliberalism', in Helga Leitner,
Jamie Peck and Eric S. Sheppard (eds.), Contesting N ..."
"This pedagogically innovative book is the first of its kind to focus on human rights advocacy in the United States, illuminating a range of important theoretical and doctrinal issues while equipping students to thoughtfully engage these tools in their own practice of law. Readings and case studies expose students to the history, tools, and critiques of the domestic human rights movement and the legal and practical challenges of human ri ..."
"This important Research Handbook explores the nexus between human rights, poverty and inequality as a critical lens for understanding and addressing key challenges of the coming decades, including the objectives set out in the Sustainable ..."
"Louis M. Howe, “The President's Mailbag,” American Magazine (June 1934): 22;
Leila A. Sussman, Dear FDR: A Study of Political Letter-Writing (Totowa, NJ:
Bedminister, 1963); Isaiah Berlin, “President Franklin Delano Roosevelt,”
reprinted in Berlin, The Proper Study of Mankind: An Anthology of ... This
proposal by religious leaders in Britain is also discussed in Louis Minsky, “
Religious Groups and the Post-War World,” Contemporary ..."
"Six essays by noted scholars examine the varied ways in which photographs reflected and influenced 19th-century American life. Contributors include: Alan Trachtenberg, Barbara McCandless, Keith F. Davis, Peter B. Hales, Sarah Greenough, and the editor. Includes 244 photographs, many never-before-reproduced."
"Six essays by noted scholars examine the varied ways in which photographs reflected and influenced 19th-century American life. Contributors include: Alan Trachtenberg, Barbara McCandless, Keith F. Davis, Peter B. Hales, Sarah Greenough, and the editor. Includes 244 photographs, many never-before-reproduced."
Scientific Papers and Presentations(2nd Edition) Navigating Scientific Communication in Today's World by MarthaDavis Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2004 by Academic Press ISBN-13: 978-0-08-052521-1, ISBN: 0-08-052521-0
"Electronic publishing and electronic means of text and data presentation have changed enormously since the first edition was first published in 1997. This second edition applies traditional principles to today's, modern techniques. In addition to substantial changes on the poster presentations and visual aids chapters, the chapter on proposal writing discusses in more detail grant writing proposals. A new chapter has also been dedicated ..."
Messages The Communications Skills Book by MarthaDavis, Matthew Mckay, Patrick Fanning Paperback, 470 Pages, Published 2019 by Readhowyouwant Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-5252-8333-8, ISBN: 1-5252-8333-2
"This classic, best-selling communication skills book has already helped thousands of people cultivate better relationships with friends, family members, coworkers, and partners. Now fully revised and updated, this long-awaited fourth edition of Messages teaches readers to become active listeners, read body language, identify communication styles, practice conflict resolution, improve public speaking skills, and much more. In addition, t ..."