Rights, religion, and community: approaches to violence against women in the context of globalization

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Responses to domestic violence by three different groups in Hilo, Hawaii are examined. Compared are a feminist aid program, a Pentecostal Christian church, and a community of native Hawaiians.

Hawaii, Laws, regulations and rules, Influence, Abused women, Feminism, Indigenous peoples, Church, Social problems, Church and social problems

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Blue jeans, rape, and the "de-constitutive" power of law

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In 1999, Italy's highest court dismissed a rape conviction, setting off protests. The author uses this as a starting point to discuss the law's connection with popular ideology.

Italy, Law, Ethics, Sociological jurisprudence, Law and ethics

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The role of constitutional courts in the establishment and maintenance of democratic systems of government

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The authors examine Russia's Constitutional Court. They use the court as a starting point to develop a model of the role of constitutional courts in democracies.

Russia, Statistical Data Included, Federalism, Separation of powers, Civil rights, Russia. Constitutional Court

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