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Deliberative Democracy and Human Rights.

In this important collection of writings, leading legal and political thinkers address a wide array of issues that confront societies undergoing a transition to democratic rule. Bridging the gap between theory and practice in international human rights law and policy, the contributors continue discu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koh, Harold Hongju
Otros Autores: Slye, Ronald C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Part One Introduction
  • Deliberative Democracy and Human Rights: An Introduction
  • 1 The Death of a Public Intellectual
  • Part Two Ethical Bases of International Human Rights
  • 2 Personal Rights and Public Space
  • 3 In the Beginning Was the Deed
  • 4 Autonomy and Consequences
  • 5 On Philosophy and Human Rights
  • Part Three Nation-Building, Constitutionalism, and Democracy
  • 6 The Moral Reading and the Majoritarian Premise
  • 7 Constitutionalism, Democracy, and State Decay
  • 8 Constitutionalism and Democracy
  • 9 Group Aspirations and Democratic PoliticsPart Four Democracy and Deliberation
  • 10 Creating the Conditions for Democracy
  • 11 Power Under State Terror
  • 12 Deliberation, Disagreement, and Voting
  • 13 Deliberative Democracy and Majority Rule: Reply to Waldron
  • 14 The Epistemic Theory of Democracy Revisited
  • 15 Democracy and Philosophy: A Reply to Stotzky and Waldron
  • Part Five Confronting Radical Evil
  • 16 Punishment and the Rule of Law
  • 17 From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Role of Transitional Justice
  • 18 Dictatorship and Punishment: A Reply to Scanlon and Teitel19 Human Rights and Democracy in Practice: The Challenge of Accountability
  • List of Contributors
  • Index