Eve Was Framed

Author: Helena Kennedy
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446468348
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Eve Was Framed offers an impassioned, personal critique of the British legal system. Helena Kennedy focuses on the treatment of women in our courts - at the prejudices of judges, the misconceptions of jurors, the labyrinths of court procedures and the influence of the media. But the inequities she uncovers could apply equally to any disadvantaged group - to those whose cases are subtly affected by race, class poverty or politics, or who are burdened, even before they appear in court, by misleading stereotypes.

Eve Was Framed

Author: Deep River Books
Publisher: TrustedBooks
ISBN: 9781632691729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Do you ever wonder why or if Scripture is important? Do you ever try reading the Bible but find yourself giving up after ten pages? Do you ever wonder why things happen like war, famine, teenage rebellion, or Brussels sprouts? Well, welcome to Eve Was Framed, an inspiring tour of the first part of Genesis, with occasional side trips to other Biblical books-led by an angelic guide who possesses insider information. Revel in the new insights, marvel at the secrets brought to life and discover the fascinating point of Scripture. Learn how to find deeper meaning, defend your faith and find the beauty in everything-even the Brussels sprouts."

Eve Was Shamed

Author: Helena Kennedy
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473552540
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367

Book Description
What comes after #MeToo? One of our most eminent lawyers and defenders of human rights answers with this urgent, authoritative and deeply shocking look at British justice In Eve Was Shamed Helena Kennedy forensically examines the pressing new evidence that women are still being discriminated against throughout the legal system, from the High Court (where only 21% of judges are women) to female prisons (where 84% of inmates are held for non-violent offences despite the refrain that prison should only be used for violent or serious crime). In between are the so-called ‘lifestyle’ choices of the Rotherham girls; the failings of the current rules on excluding victims’ sexual history from rape trials; battered wives being asked why they don’t ‘just leave’ their partners; the way statistics hide the double discrimination experienced by BAME and disabled women; the failure to prosecute cases of female genital mutilation... the list goes on. The law holds up a mirror to society and it is failing women. The #MeToo campaign has been in part a reaction to those failures. So what comes next? How do we codify what we've learned? In this richly detailed and shocking book, one of our most eminent human rights thinkers and practitioners shows with force and fury that change for women must start at the heart of what makes society just.

Misjustice

Author: Helena Kennedy
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473572193
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
Two women a week are killed by a spouse or partner. Every seven minutes a woman is raped. Now is the time for change. ‘Fascinating and chilling’ Caroline Criado Perez, bestselling author of Invisible Women Helena Kennedy, one of our most eminent lawyers and defenders of human rights, examines the pressing new evidence that women are being discriminated against when it comes to the law. From the shocking lack of female judges to the scandal of female prisons and the double discrimination experienced by BAME women, Kennedy shows with force and fury that change for women must start at the heart of what makes society just. ‘An unflinching look at women in the justice system... an important book because it challenges acquiescence to everyday sexism and inspires change’ The Times

Just Law

Author: Helena Kennedy
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446475832
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
Acute, questioning, humane and passionately concerned for justice, Helena Kennedy is one of the most powerful voices in legal circles in Britain today. Here she roundly challenges the record of modern governments over the fundamental values of equality, fairness and respect for human dignity. She argues that in the last twenty years we have seen a steady erosion of civil liberties, culminating today in extraordinary legislation, which undermines long established freedoms. Are these moves a crude political response to demands for law and order? Or is the relationship between citizens and the state being covertly reframed and redefined?

The Days of Summer

Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152018405
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
As summer ends and they get ready to go back to school, two young girls try to deal with the news that the grandparents they love are getting a divorce.

Seized

Author: Eve LaPlante
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504032772
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 327

Book Description
Seized is a narrative portrait of a common brain disorder that can alter personality, illuminating the mind-body problem and the limits of free will. An invaluable resource for anyone touched by epilepsy, Seized gives first-hand accounts of three ordinary patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), explaining what they suffer and how they cope. The book also tells the stories of creative luminaries diagnosed with or suspected of having TLE, including van Gogh, Dostoevsky, Lewis Carroll, Saint Paul, and Flaubert. The psychological implications of Seized are, according to Publishers Weekly, “staggering.” Kirkus Reviews called the book “Fascinating . . . LaPlante’s descriptions of the human brain are wonderfully concrete, her historical research is well presented, and her empathy for TLE’s victims is clear.” In this “fascinating account of medical research,” Howard Gardner noted, “LaPlante shows how a brain scar may cause bizarre aggressive or sexual behavior—and works of profound creative imagination.”

The Courage of Eve

Author: Melinda Wheelwright Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781629727288
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Why Should I Be Baptized?

Author: Bobby Jamieson
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433570335
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each booklet offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment. This booklet unpacks Scripture's teaching on the importance of baptism in the local church by responding to 7 reasons that baptism is often neglected as well as answering 3 common questions about baptism.

Things that Go

Author: Laura Eve Engel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780986181184
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Poetry. Framed by a retelling of the Biblical story of Lot's wife, who looked back on the destruction of her city and was transformed into a monument of its destruction, Laura Eve Engel's muscular poems enact a long, unblinking look at symbols of American progress--trains, buildings, the vast American west--to strain against the notion of looking as passive. These poems suggest a constant and powerful movement forward as an antidote to the current moment, and to the heart's timeless struggles with itself. This ambitious debut wrestles with the ethics of love and loss, and bears witness to our collective experience of limitless looking, reminding us that "the future is coming / and we're all in it."