Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue Indeed human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally & must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly This Very Short Introduction in its second edition brings the issue of human rights up to date considering the current controversies surrounding the movement Discussing torture & arbitrary detention in the context of counter terrorism Andrew Clapham also considers new challenges to human rights in the context of privacy equality & the right to health Looking at the philosophical justification for rights the historical origins of human rights & how they are formed in law Clapham explains what our human rights actually are what they might be & where the human rights movement is heading ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

Human Rights Politics & Practice is the most comprehensive most topical & most student-friendly introduction to human rights Bringing together a range of international experts including political scientists philosophers lawyers & policy-makers the book provides students with a broad range of perspectives on the theoretical & practical issues in this constantly evolving field In addition to in-depth theoretical content the book also features unrivalled coverage of human rights issues in practice with a wide range of case studies to explore concrete examples from around the world The third edition has been brought fully up-to-date with the most recent events & latest research developments in the area Two new chapters have been added one on religion & human rights & one on sexual orientation & gender identity & human rights introducing students to these important topics & expanding the theoretical & practical discussion of issues of universalism & relativism The new edition also features a range of carefully developed pedagogical features to aid student learning encourage critical analysis & challenge students to question their own assumptions The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre to enhance students' learning & provide valuable support for lecturers For students
- Revise key terms with a flashcard glossary
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- Use carefully selected web links as a first step towards independent research For registered lecturers
- Enhance your seminars with a specially developed active learning exercise
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Written by PETER MILLIGAN Art by CLIFF CHIANG & JAVIER PULIDO Cover by JAVIER PULIDO Collecting issues 1-10 of the Vertigo title that inspired the new hit series from Warner Bros TV on Fox! Christopher Chance aka The Human Target from the aftermath of 911 to baseball steroid cover-ups; from reemerging 1960s radicals to an aging con man looking for that last taste of freedom as he goes undercover in his most gripping stories yet On sale FEBRUARY 16
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Written by LEN WEIN & others Art by BRUNO REDONDO & others Cover by LEE BERMEJO Based on the hit series from Warner Bros TV airing on FOX this 6-issue miniseries pits Christopher Chance against global organized crime! After Chance is hired to protect a highly placed informant & collect evidence around Europe every assassin & goon from Paris to Prague starts aiming for the Human Target! ...

Written by Peter Milligan Art by Edvin Biukovic & Javier Pulido Cover by Tim Bradstreet Collecting the Vertigo title that inspired the upcoming Fox TV series! Christopher Chance makes his living by turning himself into a human target A master of disguise he cunningly takes on the appearance & persona of men & women with contracts out against them But when a routine assignment to impersonate an African-American minister with a bounty on his head goes south Chance finds himself caught between a lethal assassin & a vicious gang war After the assignment changes his life completely Chance&s next adventure takes him into the world of Hollywood as he impersonates an aging actor to find a missing boy & flirts with the idea of leaving his dangerous life behind him This volume collects the original 4-issue Vertigo HUMAN TARGET miniseries with art by Edvin Biukovic along with the follow-up standalone 96-page HUMAN TARGET FINAL CUT OGN with art by Javier Pulido (ROBIN YEAR ONE) Advance-solicited; on sale January 13 o 200 pg FC 1499 US o MATURE READERS ...

The story of five individuals who spend the week working in mundane jobs waiting for the weekend Then they find themselves in a world of parties pubs & clubs An outlook on nineties youth culture Soundtrack by Fat Boy Slim Armand Van Helden Orbital & Underworld mixed by Pete Tong ...

Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller Engaging ambitious & creative' Guardian Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try & understand the very nature of ourselves & the Universe in which we live Through the endless leaps of human minds it explores the extraordinary depth of our knowledge today & where our curiosity may lead us in the future With groundbreaking insight it reveals how time physics & chemistry came together to create a creature that can wonder at its own existence blessed with an unquenchable thirst to discover not just where it came from but how it can think where it is going & if it is alone Accompanies the acclaimed BBC TV series ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region Free Blu-ray player in order to play Professor Brian Cox explores the evolution of man & their subsequent expansion across the planet & eventually out into the universe in this spectacular series Beautiful location photography & imaginative CGI combine to tell the story of humankind&s past present & future ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play In this spectacular series Professor Cox offers an original new perspective on human life the story of a group of apes that evolved to leave their home planet & step out into the universe Humans are curious creatures Of all the species on Earth we alone ask questions This series tackles the greatest questions we&ve ever asked Where are we in the universe? Why are we here? How did the human brain arise & why did we become consciousness? Will our search for alien life be successful or are we all alone? & what is our future? In search of answers Brian sets off across the globe collecting clues from the people that he encounters & linking them to the latest scientific thinking on each question Combining beautiful location photography imaginative CGI & his own magical storytelling Brian presents a new understanding of the ultimate wonder of the universe
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Written after Nietzsche had ended his friendship with Richard Wagner & had been forced to leave academic life through ill health Human All Too Human (1878) can be read as a monument to his personal crisis It also marks the point when he matured as a philosopher rejecting the German romanticism espoused by Wagner & Schopenhauer & instead returning to sources in the French Enlightenment Here he sets out his unsettling views in a series of 638 stunning aphorisms
- assessing subjects ranging from art to arrogance boredom to passion science to vanity & women to youth This work also contains the seeds of concepts crucial to Nietzsche's later philosophy such as the will to power & the need to transcend conventional Christian morality The result is one of the cornerstones of his life's work
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