Human Rights, Language and Law

Proceedings of the 24th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Beijing, 2009. Vol. 2
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-515-10082-3
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 131, 192 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 344 g

Reihe: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (ARSP). Beihefte, Neue Folge

The book comprises a selection of papers delivered at the 24th IVR World Congress, divided into four sections. The first, Human Rights and Justice in a Global Perspective, centres on the problems of the foundation of Human Rights and the legitimacy of Political Power. The second deals with Public Policy, Economics and Social Rights. In the section called Law, Language and Literature the focus is on the multiple ways in which Law can relate to language, discourses and literature. The fourth and final section analyses some of the recent Transformations in Legal Dogmatics and in Private Law.

These topics are all of capital importance in contemporary societies, which reflect the complexity of pluralism and the increasing expansion and transformation of the law, which no longer seems to be comprehensible by a merely positivistic model of the "sources of law". In order to understand the nature of law and the requirements to interpret it as well as to adjust it to the needs of contemporary states and communities, a theorist or analyst needs to embark on an interdisciplinary approach, which can be found in all of the essays in this volume.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bustamante, Thomas

Onazi, Oche

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Über Autor(innen)

Bustamante, Thomas
Thomas da Rosa Bustamante is a Bachelor of Laws (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora), Master of Philosophy of Law (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) and Doctor of Philosophy of Law (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro). He is also a professor at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Law School.

Thomas Bustamante is a Tenured Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), in Brazil, and holds a PhD from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, in the same country. He has previously been part of the Academic Staff of the University of Aberdeen, in the UK, where he still holds an honorary appointment, and of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora), in Brazil, where he is also a research fellow.

Oche Onazi is a lecturer at the University of Dundee, in the United Kindgom. He holds a PhD from the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh, where his thesis offered a theory of community applicable to human rights approaches to Third World development. Oche was supervised by Professor Zenon Bankowski and Professor Neil Walker at the University of Edinburgh. During his time at Edinburgh, Oche was a tutor on the Jurisprudence course. He holds a Master of Laws (LLM) Degree from the University of Warwick, specialising in Law in Development. Oche also holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree from the University of Jos, and he is a qualified – but non-practising – Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.