Bøger i Human Rights and Social Justice Series serien

Offers a conversation about not only internment, but also about the laws and procedures - past and present - which allow the state to disregard the basic civil liberties of some of its most vulnerable citizens.

Examines the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and situates the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved.

Examines abuse of the civil rights and liberties of tens of thousands of Canadians and Canadian residents via internment from 1914 to the present day. This ongoing story spans both war and peacetime and has affected people from a wide variety of political backgrounds and ethno-cultural communities.

The first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural contexts within which the museum physically and conceptually evolved.

Indigenous women continue to be overrepresented in Canadian prisons; research demonstrates how their over incarceration and often extensive experiences of victimization are interconnected. This book explores how judges navigate these issues in sentencing by examining related discourses in selected judgments from a review of 175 decisions.