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Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:00:00 -0700

This updated research guide by Elisa Mason directs readers to some of the key texts and resources available on the Web that can help shed light on, and provide a context for, many of the issues currently being deliberated in the refugee law arena. The guide covers international and regional instruments, human rights and humanitarian law, international bodies (especially the UNHCR), national legislation, case law, and periodicals.

Veterans in the Criminal Justice System: Defending Conditions of the Mind

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:25:11 -0700

Ken Strutin's guide includes key recent and notable cases, surveys, studies, guides, web resources and directories for legal research specific to veterans' deployed to war who subsequently developed mental health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD).

LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips - Just and Unjust Warriors: the moral and legal status of soldiers

Tue, 05 May 2009 17:57:19 -0700

Heather A. Phillips describes how though a series of eleven well-written and closely reasoned original essays this book question the treatments of many of the foundations of classical just war theory, such as a non-volunteer army, the use of private contractors as soldiers, the harmlessness of those not actively engaged in combat, the symmetry of combatants, proportionality and extreme emergency.

Features - Update to Annex: Human Rights, Country and Legal Information Resources on the Internet

Mon, 01 Apr 2002 01:00:00 -0700

Update to Annex: Human Rights, Country and Legal Information Resources on the Internet

By Elisa Mason

Features - Guide to Country Research for Refugee Status Determination

Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:00:00 -0700

Guide to Country Research for Refugee Status Determination

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By Elisa Mason

Features - Annex: Human Rights, Country and Legal Information Resources on the Internet

Thu, 15 Feb 2001 01:00:00 -0700

Annex: Human Rights, Country and Legal Information Resources on the Internet

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Through the Labyrinth: Real Answers on How Women Become Leaders

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:25:47 -0700

With considerable detail and insight, Diana Philip reviews a recent book that explores the concept of whether the “glass ceiling” still accurately describes the challenges women face to realize leadership aspirations. The book's authors examine leadership theories developed by multiple disciplines to explain what is holding women back from becoming leaders. They provide data from various studies on employment trends as well as insight gathered from interviews with women leaders to assess how true or false these theories apply to contemporary female workers.