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BADINTER, Robert was born on March 30, 1928 in Paris. Son of Simon Badinter and Charlotte Rosenberg.
( The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history ...)
The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. He paints a harrowing picture of tobacco manufacturers conspiring to block the recognition of tobacco-cancer hazards, even as they ensnare legions of scientists and politicians in a web of denial. Proctor tells heretofore untold stories of fraud and subterfuge, and he makes the strongest case to date for a simple yet ambitious remedy: a ban on the manufacture and sale of cigarettes.
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("Lesbian and gay rights are human rights!" Is this just a...)
"Lesbian and gay rights are human rights!" Is this just a political slogan to be chanted outside legislatures, or are there legal arguments to support the claim that the right to be free from sexual orientation discrimination is a human right? In particular, can national constitutions or international human rights treaties be interpreted as prohibiting discrimination against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals? Robert Wintemute attempts to answer these questions by examining three of the most commonly used arguments in favor of such an interpretation: sexual orientation is an "immutable status", sexual orientation is a "fundamental choice" (or part of "privacy"), and sexual orientation discrimination is sex discrimination. To assess their merits, he looks at the relative success and failure in cases argued under three of the world's most influential human rights instruments: the United States Constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He also considers the potential impact of the United Nations Human Rights Committee's recent interpretation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Toonen v. Australia.
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("A well-written, balanced historical study which examines...)
"A well-written, balanced historical study which examines all aspects of the gradual emancipation of France's Jews during the Revolution. Comprehensive and comprehensible, this study investigates the various political intrigues which determined the ebb and flow of Jewish expectations." -THE FRENCH REVIEW "Badinter's Free and Equal is an important contribution to the history of the Jews, French history and the history of human rights. It combines cogent analysis with a gripping narrative. Adam Simms' translation preserves the eloquence of the French original, and his introduction and explanatory footnotes provide the necessary context to make this work accessible to a broad audience of Anglophone readers." -Ronald Schechter, Professor of History, The College of William and Mary, and author of Obstinate Hebrews: Representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815 "This splendid translation explores the origins and evolution of the momentous proclamation of September 27, 1791, that all Jews in France were full citizens. On that date, there was no other country in Europe where Jews were acknowledged by law to enjoy the rights equal to other citizens." -Thomas Bird, Professor of European Languages and Literatures, Queens College, City University of New York "One of the world's most notable jurists offers in these pages a deeply informed and original view of one of history's most important-and controversial-moments, the emancipation of the Jews by revolutionary France in 1789-1791." -Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA, and author of Inventing Human Rights: A History
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( Gary L. Francione is a law professor and leading philos...)
Gary L. Francione is a law professor and leading philosopher of animal rights theory. Robert Garner is a political theorist specializing in the philosophy and politics of animal protection. Francione maintains that we have no moral justification for using nonhumans and argues that because animals are property—or economic commodities—laws or industry practices requiring "humane" treatment will, as a general matter, fail to provide any meaningful level of protection. Garner favors a version of animal rights that focuses on eliminating animal suffering and adopts a protectionist approach, maintaining that although the traditional animal-welfare ethic is philosophically flawed, it can contribute strategically to the achievement of animal-rights ends. As they spar, Francione and Garner deconstruct the animal protection movement in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and elsewhere, discussing the practices of such organizations as PETA, which joins with McDonald's and other animal users to "improve" the slaughter of animals. They also examine American and European laws and campaigns from both the rights and welfare perspectives, identifying weaknesses and strengths that give shape to future legislation and action.
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( If We Must Die examines nearly five hundred shipboard r...)
If We Must Die examines nearly five hundred shipboard rebellions that occurred over the course of the entire slave trade, directly challenging the prevailing thesis that such resistance was infrequent or insignificant. As Eric Robert Taylor shows, though most revolts were crushed quickly, others raged on for hours, days, or weeks, and, occasionally, the Africans captured the vessel and returned themselves to freedom. In recounting these rebellions, Taylor suggests that certain factors like geographic location, the involvement of women and children, and the timing of a shipboard revolt, determined the difference between success and failure. Taylor also explores issues like aid from other ships, punishment of slave rebels, and treatment of sailors captured by the Africans. If We Must Die expands the historical view of slave resistance, revealing a continuum of rebellions that spanned the Atlantic as well as the centuries. These uprisings, Taylor argues, ultimately helped limit and end the traffic in enslaved Africans and also served as crucial predecessors to the many revolts that occurred subsequently on plantations throughout the Americas.
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(Is hell forever? Most Bible teachers today say that the r...)
Is hell forever? Most Bible teachers today say that the righteous go to heaven, and the wicked to hell, FOREVER! But is this what the Bible teaches? 'At the End of the Ages' presents evidence that the Bible, in the original languages, reveals that one day ALL mankind will be saved. Through time our Bible translations have become biased through the official teachings of 'The Church.'The author argues that teaching about an eternal hell slanders God, and it prevents many from having faith because the arguments in support of an eternal torment are illogical. Would a God of love keep many souls alive forever just to torment them because they failed to 'accept Jesus Christ' in this lifetime?The author shows that the Bible does not teach this. The 'lake of fire' is not forever, but only 'for the eons,' and exists for the purpose of correcting, not tormenting. The purpose of 'the eons' (mistranslated 'eternity') is to bring ALL mankind to the point where God's authority is recognized, and every knee bows before Him.Other books taking this position are usually very scholarly and difficult to follow. 'At the End of the Ages' is written with the average reader in mind.
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BADINTER, Robert was born on March 30, 1928 in Paris. Son of Simon Badinter and Charlotte Rosenberg.
Bachelor, Sorbonne, Paris, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, Paris School Law, 1948. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1949.
Doctor of Laws, Paris School Law. Agrégation de Droit, Paris School Law, 1965.
Attorney Badinter, Bredin and Partners, Paris, 1951—1981. Tuto University Paris, 1954—1958. Professor law University Dijon, France, 1966, University Amiens, France, 1969, University Besancon, France, Paris I University, 1974—1981, professor emeritus France, 1994.
Keeper of the seals, minister justice Ministry of Justice, Paris, 1981—1986. President French Constitutional Council, 1986—1995. Senator Hauts-de-Seine Senat de France, since 1995.
Member central committee International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism. Cofounder and president Court Conciliation and Arbitration in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Geneva.
("Lesbian and gay rights are human rights!" Is this just a...)
(Is hell forever? Most Bible teachers today say that the r...)
( If We Must Die examines nearly five hundred shipboard r...)
("A well-written, balanced historical study which examines...)
( The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history ...)
( Gary L. Francione is a law professor and leading philos...)
Author: L'Exécution, 1973, Libertés, Libertés, 1975. Author: (with Elizabeth Badinter) Condorcet, and intellectual in politics, 1988. Author: Free and equals, 1989, Another Justice, 1990, The Republican Prison 1873-1914, 1993, Ordinary Antisemitism, 1996, The Abolition, 2000, A European Constitution, 2002.
Member of Amnesty International, American Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary. Foreign member 2006).
Married Ann Vernon Badinter, October 30, 1957. Married Elizabeth Bleustein-Blanchet, July 1, 1966. Children: Judith, Simon, Benjamin.