International Human Rights in Context Law, Politics, Morals

Name: International Human Rights in Context Law, Politics, Morals
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ISBN: 9780199279425

ISBN-10: 019927942X

ISBN-13: 9780199279425

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman

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This widely-acclaimed coursebook provides an analytical and thought-provoking approach to international human rights law from renowned authorities in the field. An excellent selection of cases and materials from a broad range of sources accompany in the book on line alongside notes and questions in the text encouraging students to think critically about the law. Accessible to students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, the book is designed to provide trenchant legal analysis whilst considering the wider social and cultural context of human rights. In doing so, it looks beyond the traditional viewpoints and also considers the rights of indigenous peoples, democratization and…

Book details

List price: $97.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1560
Size: 6.73" wide x 9.69" long x 2.17" tall
Weight: 4.334
Language: English

Ryan Goodman is Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.




Contemporary Human Rights: Background And Content



Introduction to Human Rights Issues and Discourse



Up to Nuremberg: Background to the Human Rights Movement



Civil and Political Rights



Economic and Social Rights







Rights, Duties and Cultural Relativism



Conflicting Traditions and Rights: Illustrations



International Human Rights Organizations



The Need for International Institutions and their Challenge to Notions of Sovereignty



Intergovernmental Enforcement of Human Rights Norms: The United Nations System



Treaty Organs: The ICCPR Human Rights Committee



Regional Arrangements



Civil Society: Human Rights NGOs and Other Groups



States As Protectors And Enforcers Of Human Rights



Interpenetration of International and National Systems: Internal Protection of Human Rights by States



Enforcement by States against Violator States



Current Topics



Massive Human Rights Tragedies: Prosecutions and Truth Commissions



Self-determination and Autonomy Regimes



Globalization, Development, and Human Rights