Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Deutch, Edit, The Illegality Defence in Law: A Constitutional and Human Rights Perspective. (Routledge Research in Legal Philosophy) 316 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-545>
ISBN 978-1-032-89308-2 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

The Illegality Defence posits that a cause of action cannot arise from a wrongful act. Barring a claim through the application of this defence contradicts considerations of corrective justice, as the defendant is released from liability even though the claimant would otherwise have been entitled to a remedy. This book re-examines the application of the Illegality Defence, framing it as a State deprivation of property for the public good, underscoring the necessity of constitutional protections in this context. Offering a novel approach, the work explores the development, interpretation, and application of the Illegality Defence within a constitutional framework, bridging the gap between private and public law. By delving into the structured concepts of proportionality, it aims to establish a more refined legal model which is sensitive to the protection of human rights - specifically, the human right to property. This approach seeks to enhance legal certainty and predictability in the application of the Illegality Defence. The study will be essential reading for academics and researchers working in the areas of legal theory, human rights law, and jurisprudence.

ヘイト・スピーチと欧州人権裁判所
Alkiviadou, Natalie, Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights. (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law) 274 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-554>
ISBN 978-1-032-90924-0 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book argues that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should reconsider its approach to hate speech cases and develop a robust protection of freedom of expression as set out in the benchmark case of Handyside v the United Kingdom. In that case, the ECtHR determined that Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), safeguarding the right to freedom of expression, extends protection not only to opinions which are well received but also to those deemed offensive, shocking, or disturbing. However, subsequent rulings by the Court have generated a significant amount of contradictory case law. Against this backdrop, this book provides an analysis of hate speech case law before the ECtHR and the now-obsolete European Commission on Human Rights. Through a jurisprudential analysis, it is argued that these institutions have adopted an overly restrictive approach to hate speech, which fails to provide adequate protection of the right to freedom of expression. It also demonstrates that there are stark inconsistencies when it comes to the treatment of some forms of 'hate speech' versus others. The study further contends that, in reaching its decisions on hate speech cases, the Court disregards empirical evidence on matters related to free speech restrictions. Viewing the ECHR as a 'living instrument,' the book places this analysis within the current state of affairs vis-a-vis the handling of hate speech, particularly online, by European countries, the European Union itself and social media platforms, actions which the author argues are contributing to a free speech demise. The book will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policymakers working in the area of law, political science, European studies and sociology.

De Baets, Antoon, A Human Rights View of the Past. (Elements in Historical Theory and Practice) 80 pp. 2025:1 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <744-564>
ISBN 978-1-009-54785-7 hard ¥15,730.- (税込) GB￡ 55.00 *
ISBN 978-1-009-34594-1 paper ¥5,148.- (税込) GB￡ 18.00 *

The idea of human rights has been much criticized from a historical perspective but curiously enough its theoretical and practical contributions to the study of time, memory, and history have never been systematically explored. How is it to look at the past from a human rights perspective? How can historical writing benefit from applying human rights logic? In tackling these questions, the book first clarifies what a human rights view of the past is. The constituent dimensions of the past - time, memory, and history - are then reviewed, indicating what a human rights perspective can add to the study of each. Finally, the benefits accruing from a human rights view of the past to historical theory and practice are highlighted.

欧州人権裁判所の裁判における持続可能性の側面
Diepold, Alena, Nachhaltigkeitsaspekte in der EGMR-Rechtsprechung: Status quo und Zukunftsperspektiven fuer das Prinzip der Nachhaltigkeit in der Rechtsprechung des Europaeischen Gerichtshofs fuer Menschenrechte. (Recht der Nachhaltigen Entwicklung) 240 S. 2025:5 (Mohr, GW) <744-566>
ISBN 978-3-16-164456-6 paper ¥17,985.- (税込) EUR 75.00

Zur Durchsetzung von Klimaschutz werden vermehrt Gerichte aufgefordert, auf staatliche Akteure einzuwirken. Alena Diepold untersucht vor diesem Hintergrund, wie das Konzept der Nachhaltigkeit Einfluss auf die Rechtsprechung des Europaeischen Gerichtshofs fuer Menschenrechte nimmt. Sie zeigt auf, welche Ansatzpunkte die europaeischen Menschenrechte bieten, um das Konzept einfliessen zu lassen und inwiefern diese weiterentwickelt werden koennten. Dabei nimmt sie Bezug auf die Rechtsprechung des Gerichtshofs und die Entwicklungen in den Mitgliedstaaten. Abschliessend stellt sie Ueberlegungen dazu auf, inwiefern die Menschenrechtskonvention ergaenzt werden koennte, um dem Nachhaltigkeitsprinzip zu groesserer Wirkung zu verhelfen. Dabei legt sie ein Augenmerk darauf, dass mit der Annahme zukunftsgerichteter Verantwortung auch neue Beschraenkungen fuer Menschenrechte eingefuehrt werden koennten.

移行期正義のアーカイブ－ラテンアメリカにおける人権侵害を記録する
Ferrara, Anita / Canossi, Beatrice (eds.), Transitional Justice Archives: Documenting Human Rights Violations in Latin America. (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law) 192 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-567>
ISBN 978-1-041-00339-7 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

Latin America has amassed comprehensive expertise in generating, managing, and providing access to archives documenting widespread human rights violations. This book explores and traces the multiple pathways that led to the creation and production of transitional justice archives in selected Latin American countries. Examining how transitional justice mechanisms have gathered and organised evidence by way of comparing traditional methods used in previous cases with the innovations introduced by digital technologies, the work also shows that the methods used to produce and create transitional justice archives will significantly affect their future utilisation.Presenting the viewpoints of archivists, scholars, and professionals engaged in truth commissions and trials, it incorporates perspectives from diverse fields such as law, human rights, archival studies, history, anthropology, and criminology. The volume is divided into two parts. The first focuses on case studies from Argentina, Chile and Peru. Argentina and Chile have played a leading role in the development, management, and accessibility of extensive records documenting human rights abuses that occurred during the dictatorships in both countries. In the second part, academics and professionals of the Integrated System for Peace, Colombia's most recent transitional justice framework, discuss current challenges and developments in building the archives of the ongoing transitional justice process.This book will be of significant interest to researchers and academics of transitional justice and human rights, as well as archivists and historians specialising in human rights.

Ibrahim, Mohammad, Women's Rights Under International, American, Islamic, and Egyptian Law: An Irresolvable Conflict: A Cross-cultural Examination of Gender Equality. (Studies in Intercultural Human Rights 12) 244 pp. 2025:6 (Brill / Nijhoff, NE) <744-568>
ISBN 978-90-04-72935-3 hard ¥27,577.- (税込) EUR 115.00

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of women's rights pertaining to abortion, employment equality, and the choice to wear a hijab under international, American, Islamic, and Egyptian law. It challenges the notion that Islamic Shari'a inherently discriminates against women and attributes these perceptions to cultural stereotypes and social norms. It highlights the discrimination Muslim women encounter in Western countries and advocates for the protection and promotion of their rights to foster equality, fairness, diversity, and social cohesion. Essential reading for anyone interested in gender equality, it offers a fresh perspective on the intersections between law, culture, and women's rights.

デジタル市場における消費者保護と基本権
Kirk, Alexander, Verbraucherschutz und Grundrechte in digitalen Maerkten. (Internet und Gesellschaft 39) XV, 298 S. 2025:3 (Mohr, GW) <744-569>
ISBN 978-3-16-164346-0 paper ¥18,944.- (税込) EUR 79.00 *

Nutzerinnen und Nutzer digitaler Plattformen sind nicht nur private Marktteilnehmer, sondern auch Grundrechtstraeger (Consumer Citizens). Die europaeische Digitalregulierung muss daher sowohl die Bedeutung der digitalen Dienste fuer das wirtschaftliche Verhalten als auch ihren Einfluss auf Grundrechte beruecksichtigen. Dafuer muessen Verbraucher- und Grundrechtsschutz im Analogen und Digitalen zusammengedacht werden. Auf der Grundlage des Digital Markets Act betrachtet Alexander Kirk, wie Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher gegenueber digitalen Gatekeepern wirksam geschuetzt werden koennen und wie sichergestellt werden kann, dass Buergerinnen und Buerger ihre Grundrechte auch in digitalen Maerkten wahrnehmen koennen.

Richardson, Mirugia, Taxpayers' Right to Defence in the EU Law and European Convention on Human Rights Regimes. (IBFD Doctoral Series 71) 424 pp. 2024 (IBFD, NE) <744-570>
ISBN 978-90-8722-900-9 paper ¥27,442.- (税込) US$ 132.00

東南アジアにおける人権ハンドブック
Savirani, Amalinda / Setiawan, Ken M. P. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Southeast Asia. 406 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-571>
ISBN 978-1-032-53822-8 hard ¥65,780.- (税込) GB￡ 230.00 *

The Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Southeast Asia analyses some of the region's most pressing human rights issues, while also giving attention to those actors and institutions that work towards improvement.Chapters by international experts in the field provide readers with a background on some of Southeast Asia's most pressing human rights concerns. The book builds on, and contributes to, existing analyses of human rights in Southeast Asia to further enhance our understanding of what sits behind the region's ambivalent human rights track record. Following an introduction, the handbook is structured in eight parts. The chapters cover a wide range of human rights issues including human rights debates at political and regional levels, and how human rights are experienced every day, such as the rights to food, water, and work:Advancing Human Rights through ASEANRefugees: Protecting Rights and Strengthening AgencyTransitional Justice in Southeast Asia: Confronting the PastBalancing Moral Perspectives: Ideologies and Human RightsIntersections between Workers' Rights, Corporations and the StateAccessing and Maintaining Rights to Water, Food, and HealthOn the Frontline: Human Rights DefendersPromoting Human Rights in Southeast Asia: New Directions and StrategiesThe handbook considers the political and social contexts in which human rights emerge, the dynamics of their contestation and violation, and how rights are claimed. It demonstrates that human rights are a practice and goes beyond considering human rights as formal structures in laws, regulations, and meeting rooms. A timely overview and analysis of the situation of Human Rights in Southeast Asia, this handbook will be a valuable reference work for scholars and practitioners in human rights, the field of Asian Law, Asian Studies in general and Southeast Asian Studies in particular.Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www .taylorfrancis .com under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

欧州人権裁判所での手続化
Sewtz, Timo, Prozeduralisierung am Europaeischen Gerichtshof fuer Menschenrechte: Die Bewertung der innerstaatlichen Verfahrensqualitaet in moralisch-ethisch sensiblen Faellen. (Jus Internationale et Europaeum 213) XVI, 334 S. 2025:2 (Mohr, GW) <744-572>
ISBN 978-3-16-164048-3 paper ¥21,342.- (税込) EUR 89.00

Am Europaeischen Gerichtshof fuer Menschenrechte (EGMR) findet in den letzten Jahren eine Prozeduralisierung statt. Neben einer inhaltlichen Ueberpruefung einer beanstandeten staatlichen Massnahme kontrolliert der Gerichtshof verstaerkt auch die Qualitaet des Verfahrens hinter dieser Massnahme. Bei der Bewertung einer Konventionsverletzung durch ein Gesetz beruecksichtigt er beispielsweise die Qualitaet des vorangegangenen legislativen Prozesses. Die Akzentuierung der Verfahrenskontrolle ermoeglicht es, eine als zu kontrovers empfundenen inhaltsbezogene Entscheidung zu vermeiden. Dahinter steht die Furcht vor einem Legitimationskonflikt mit den Konventionsstaaten. Timo Sewtz leuchtet am Beispiel moralisch-ethisch sensibler Faelle Chancen und Risiken einer Prozeduralisierung im "Zeitalter der Subsidiaritaet" ( Spano ) des europaeischen Menschenrechtsschutzes aus.

van der Valk, Sophie, Overseeing Rights in Prison: The Irish Experience of Human Rights Protection in Prisons. (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice) 248 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-573>
ISBN 978-1-032-76188-6 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

Drawing on Ireland as its primary case study, this book is an in- depth critical examination of how rights protection bodies and mechanisms are experienced by those in prison in Ireland.Through its analysis of the Irish experience, the book considers the implementation of, and challenges faced by, human rights protection within the prison context, and explores some of the reforms that Ireland has undertaken in this area over the past 15 years, including the introduction of a new complaint system and establishment of an Office of the Inspector of Prisons. Using a wealth of information gathered through interviews and surveys of participants in three male prisons, the book sets out personal experiences of such mechanisms and identifies the key barriers to effective rights protection.Offering a detailed presentation of the international framework for the protection of prisoners' rights through oversight mechanisms, and proposing methods for overcoming common barriers, Overseeing Rights in Prison: The Irish Experience of Human Rights Protection in Prisons will be of interest to students and scholars of criminology, particularly in relation to prisons and human rights.

Watkin, William, Covid, Biopolitics and the Suspension of the Nomos: Herd Immunities. (Nomos Studies in Law, Culture and Power) 314 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-351>
ISBN 978-1-032-88808-8 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book considers how, during the unprecedented global lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the normal order of everyday life, of the rule of law, of power itself was interrupted, and hence the nomos of this earth was suspended.Employing the term 'herd immunity' from vaccination science and global lockdown policy as a guiding theme, the book considers two central aspects of the pandemic. These are the function of herding and collecting as a definition of ontology after Alain Badiou, and the concept of immunity as a suspension of oppositional differences in the work of Roberto Esposito. It then considers how herd immunity not only disrupts the nomos but also suspends its significance as a guiding principle of state-sanctioned legal norms-and perhaps permanently. Providing critical readings of masking, social distancing, compliance, vulnerability, bubbles, immunity, breathing, anti-vaxxers, nudge theory, cocooning, lockdown, patient zero, and the many other terms that became commonplace between 2020 and 2022, the book traces a suspension of legal and social norms, a manipulation of our compliance using false science, and a reconfiguring of the social nomos, in light of the threats of the virus. In a highly original mix of contemporary and post-war continental philosophy, biopolitical theory, set theoretical mathematics, extensional logic, and the most up-to-date science in the area, it argues that lockdown was not some global, biopolitical power grab, but actually a weakening of power, of nomos.This book will appeal to scholars and others in a range of disciplinary areas with interests in the legacy of Covid; but especially those working in the areas of continental philosophy, contemporary legal theory, and biopolitics.