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Migration and Freedom of Movement of Workers: EU Law, Crisis and the Cypriot States of Exception
Trimikliniotis, Nicos - In: Laws 2 (2013) 4, pp. 440-468
/economic crisis and mass unemployment, which has provided a fertile ground for racism and xenophobia. The paper concludes with some …. Repressive migration control is a manifestation of an ill-construed conception of ‘sovereignty’ in a divided country, which the … disagreement over the issue migration and the racialization of subaltern migrants. The case of Cyprus is discussed, in part as an …
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The Enemy at the Gates: International Borders, Migration and Human Rights
Oberoi, Pia; Taylor-Nicholson, Eleanor - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 169-186
violence and exploitation by non-State and State actors. Migration governance regimes at international borders are thus …
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Post-Release Success among Paroled Lifers
Liem, Marieke; Garcin, Jennifer - In: Laws 3 (2014) 4, pp. 798-823
Previous research suggests that social relations, in particular the forming of family ties and employment (social factors), self-efficacy (personal factors), and therapeutic interventions (institutional factors) constitute main contributors in post-release success. These studies, however, have...
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The Study of Torture: Why It Persists, Why Perceptions of It are Malleable, and Why It is Difficult to Eradicate
Kearns, Erin M. - In: Laws 4 (2014) 1, pp. 1-15
Why does torture persist despite its prohibition? Scholars, policymakers, and the public have heavily debated this topic in the past decade. Yet, many puzzles remain about the practice of torture. Scholarship on torture spans academic disciplines, which adds diversity in perspectives brought to...
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USP Marion: A Few Prisoners Summon the Courage to Speak
Richards, Stephen C. - In: Laws 4 (2015) 1, pp. 91-106
USP Marion is the first supermax federal penitentiary. Marionization refers to the experimental control program used at this prison. The prisoners speaking in this article suffered many years of solitary confinement. This research brief discusses some of what they experienced in their own words....
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Decision-Making, Legal Capacity and Neuroscience: Implications for Mental Health Laws
McSherry, Bernadette - In: Laws 4 (2015) 2, pp. 125-138
Neuroscientific endeavours to uncover the causes of severe mental impairments may be viewed as supporting arguments for capacity-based mental health laws that enable compulsory detention and treatment. This article explores the tensions between clinical, human rights and legal concepts of...
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of <i>Laws</i> in 2014
Laws Editorial Office - In: Laws 4 (2015) 1, pp. 16-17
The editors of <i>Laws</i> would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2014:[...]
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Reframing Risqué/Risky: Queer Temporalities, Teenage Sexting, and Freedom of Expression
Karaian, Lara; Meyl, Katherine Van - In: Laws 4 (2015) 1, pp. 18-36
Canada recognizes young people’s constitutionally protected freedom of expression and consequently their right to engage in a narrow subset of consensual sexually expressive practices without being prosecuted as child pornographers. Nevertheless, numerous anti-sexting campaigns decry the...
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Supported Decision-Making for People with Cognitive Impairments: An Australian Perspective?
Carney, Terry - In: Laws 4 (2015) 1, pp. 37-59
Honouring the requirement of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to introduce supported decision-making poses many challenges. Not least of those challenges is in writing laws and devising policies which facilitate access to formal and informal supports for large numbers of...
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Examining the Conservative Shift from Harsh Justice
Pollock, Joycelyn; Glassner, Steven; Krajewski, Andrea - In: Laws 4 (2015) 1, pp. 107-124
Recently, a political shift has been observed, in that some political conservatives are now advocating, adjusting, or abandoning draconian drug laws, including mandatory minimums, and funding diversion, re-entry, and drug programs. Vocal proponents of this movement include Grover Norquist, Rand...
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