Human rights law

By:

Alston Philip

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Aldershot Dartmouth 1996Description: 559p xiISBN:

9780814706138

Subject(s):

1. Human Rights - Essays

DDC classification:

341.481000 ALS

Contents:

Contents: 1. Sources of Human Rights Law: Custom, Jus Cogens, and General Principles / Philip Alston / Bruno Simma; 2. Pull of the Mainstream / Martti Koskenniemi; 3. Comparative Protection of Human Rights in Capitalist and Socialist Third World Countries / Richard Falk; 4. On a Hierarchy of International Human Rights / Theodor Meron; 5. Human Dignity as a Normative Concept / Oscar Schachter; 6. Statement on Human Rights; 7. International Human Rights and Cultural Relativism / Fernando R. Teson; 8. Human Rights and Human Dignity: An Analytic Critique of Non-Western Conceptions of Human Rights / Jack Donnelly; 9. Is the Notion of Human Rights a Western Concept? / R. Panikkar; 10. Human Rights; A Movement in Search of a Theory / Rajni Kothari; 11. Asia's Different Standard / Bilahari Kausikan; 12. Human Rights and Governance: The Asia Debate / Yash Ghai; 13. Human Rights in the Muslim World: Socio-Political Conditions and Scriptural Imperatives / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im; 14. What's Wrong with Chinese Rights?: Toward a Theory of Rights with Chinese Characteristics / R. P. Peerenboom; 15. Female Subjects of Public International Law: Human Rights and the Exotic Other Female / Karen Engle; 16. Human Rights and Popular Sovereignty: The Liberal and Republican Versions / Jurgen Habermas; 17. Positivism and Communitarianism: Between Human Rights and Democracy / Carlos Santiago Nino; 18. Political Participation as a Human Right / Henry J. Steiner; 19. Emerging Right to Democratic Governance / Thomas M. Franck; 20. Claims by Non-State Groups in International Law / Benedict Kingsbury; 21. Right to Rebel / Tony Honore; 22. Sovereignty and Human Rights in Contemporary International Law / W. Michael Reisman.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	Library Compactors	341.481 ALS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16587

Contents:
1. Sources of Human Rights Law: Custom, Jus Cogens, and General Principles / Philip Alston / Bruno Simma;
2. Pull of the Mainstream / Martti Koskenniemi;
3. Comparative Protection of Human Rights in Capitalist and Socialist Third World Countries / Richard Falk;
4. On a Hierarchy of International Human Rights / Theodor Meron;
5. Human Dignity as a Normative Concept / Oscar Schachter;
6. Statement on Human Rights;
7. International Human Rights and Cultural Relativism / Fernando R. Teson;
8. Human Rights and Human Dignity: An Analytic Critique of Non-Western Conceptions of Human Rights / Jack Donnelly;
9. Is the Notion of Human Rights a Western Concept? / R. Panikkar;
10. Human Rights;
A Movement in Search of a Theory / Rajni Kothari;
11. Asia's Different Standard / Bilahari Kausikan;
12. Human Rights and Governance: The Asia Debate / Yash Ghai;
13. Human Rights in the Muslim World: Socio-Political Conditions and Scriptural Imperatives / Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im;
14. What's Wrong with Chinese Rights?: Toward a Theory of Rights with Chinese Characteristics / R. P. Peerenboom;
15. Female Subjects of Public International Law: Human Rights and the Exotic Other Female / Karen Engle;
16. Human Rights and Popular Sovereignty: The Liberal and Republican Versions / Jurgen Habermas;
17. Positivism and Communitarianism: Between Human Rights and Democracy / Carlos Santiago Nino;
18. Political Participation as a Human Right / Henry J. Steiner;
19. Emerging Right to Democratic Governance / Thomas M. Franck;
20. Claims by Non-State Groups in International Law / Benedict Kingsbury;
21. Right to Rebel / Tony Honore;
22. Sovereignty and Human Rights in Contemporary International Law / W. Michael Reisman.

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