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Examining Critical Perspectives on Human Rights.
This collection evaluates the crisis of confidence in human rights which underpins understandings of just decision making and liberal democracy.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; EXAMINING CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART 1: Introduction????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; 1: Examining critical perspectives on human rights: an introduction; From political considerations to grand principles; A lost Utopia: the crisis of human rights; Professor Kennedy's criticisms of the human rights movement; Domestic human rights perspectives; International human rights law perspectives; Theoretical perspectives on human rights; An opportunity for reflection.
- 2: The international human rights regime: still part of the problem?Idealism and the problems of idolatry; Pragmatism and the perils of humanist violence; So, what can be done?; PART II: Domestic human rights perspectives?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????; 3: What is the point of human rights law?; Introduction; Laws against torture; A cry for help; 'Paying lip-service' to principle; A cry of pain; A licence to torture; Rendition and torture; Conclusion.
- 4: If you cannot change the rules of the game, adapt to them: United Kingdom responses to the restrictions set by Article 3 ECHR on 'national security' deportationsIntroduction; The Chahal principle; Initial executive and legislative responses; 9/11: ATCSA detention without trial and PTA control orders; The litigation option; The legislative option; The compliance option (deportation with assurances); The non-compliance option; Conclusions; Appendix; 5: The right to security
- securing rights or securitising rights?; Introduction; Defining the right to security.
- Express legal provisions on the right to personal securityLegal interpretations of the express right to personal security; Rhetorical expressions of the right to security; Is security a basic right?; Securitising rights; Conclusion; 6: Of fortresses and caltrops: national security and competing models of rights protection; Introduction; Human rights in the United States and the United Kingdom: an uneasy constitutional fit; United States experience: the 'fortress' model of rights protection; United Kingdom experience: the 'caltrop' model of rights protection; Conclusion.
- PART III: International human rights law perspectives???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????7: The rule of law and the role of human rights in contemporary international law; Introduction; Law and rule of law; An international rule of law?; Human rights and international rule of law; The political-legal divide and the rule of law; The rule of law, human rights and international peace and security; Conclusion.