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Sonja C. Grover

Dr. Sonja Grover is a Full Professor with the Faculty of Education, Lakehead University in Canada who has published extensively in the area of international law

Litigating the Politics of Human Rights

Litigating the Politics of Human Rights

The cases analysed involve litigation concerning a disparate range of contemporary US culture wars  including equity in access to public services unrestricted by religious bias,  resistance to the teaching of historical facts relating to racial tensions in America including the so-called ‘critical race theory’ debate, the right of schoolchildren to exposure concerning a diversity of views, current USSC litigation about US university admissions policy that considers ‘race’ (ethnicity) as one factor amongst many in admission,  contemporary cases concerning the constitutionality of US abortion law grounded on Roe v Wade and the scope of State and indigenous sovereign powers  These contemporary culture war US landmark cases are then compared to similar cases in non-US jurisdictions and courts to consider in more depth the underlying core issues in these cases.

Litigating the Politics of Human Rights

Litigating the Politics of Human Rights

The cases analysed involve litigation concerning a disparate range of contemporary US culture wars  including equity in access to public services unrestricted by religious bias,  resistance to the teaching of historical facts relating to racial tensions in America including the so-called ‘critical race theory’ debate, the right of schoolchildren to exposure concerning a diversity of views, current USSC litigation about US university admissions policy that considers ‘race’ (ethnicity) as one factor amongst many in admission,  contemporary cases concerning the constitutionality of US abortion law grounded on Roe v Wade and the scope of State and indigenous sovereign powers  These contemporary culture war US landmark cases are then compared to similar cases in non-US jurisdictions and courts to consider in more depth the underlying core issues in these cases.

The Persecution of Children as a Crime Against Humanity

The Persecution of Children as a Crime Against Humanity

This book addresses age-based persecution of children as a crime against humanity in connection with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (persecution - with some variation in the elements of the crime - is an existing offence under the Rome Statute of the permanent International Criminal Court, the statutes of various international criminal tribunals i.

The Persecution of Children as a Crime Against Humanity

The Persecution of Children as a Crime Against Humanity

This book addresses age-based persecution of children as a crime against humanity in connection with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (persecution - with some variation in the elements of the crime - is an existing offence under the Rome Statute of the permanent International Criminal Court, the statutes of various international criminal tribunals i.