Rethinking Human Rights

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-1-86287-252-3
Verlag: Federation Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Gewicht: 450 g

During the second half of the 20th century, international treaties, domestic legislation and active supreme courts have increased awareness and realisation of right in many nations. Even so, this has not prevented human rights disasters in so many places like Cambodia, Rwanda and Bosnia as well as recent erosions of rights gains in the West. So where do we go from here? Rethinking Human Rights brings together practitioners and academics in an attempt to address two crucial issues on the future of human rights in an increasingly integrated global community. What kinds of human rights norms are appropriate for the 21st century? What are the most effective means of protecting or enhancing those rights and is it desirable to do so?This volume considers development in rights thoughts, the protection and implementation of human rights norms and provides an in-depth look at the rights of self-ownership, equality and citizenship in a global community. Contributors provide contrasting views on the feasibility of bills of rights as well as examinations of the different generations of rights. Cultural and gendered notions of rights are analysed and revisions offered.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galligan, Brian

Sampford, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Introduction Developments in Rights Thought Human Rights: an Agenda for the Future Michael Kirby Human Rights Problems: Moral, Political, Philosophical Alice Erh-Soon Tay Taking the Gender of Rights Seriously Hilary Charlesworth The Four Dimensions of Rights Charles Sampford Protection and Implementation of Human Rights Norms The UN and the International Protection of Human Rights Anne F Bayefsky A Policy for Human Rights in the Asia Pacific Alice Erh-Soon Tay Identifying Rights for the 21st Century Glenn Patmore Natural Law or Common Law: Human Rights in Australia DFB Tucker Citizen and Elite Attitudes Towards an Australian Bill of Rights Brian Galligan and Ian McAllister Rights and Reasons: Teaching Tolerance and Rationality Tom Round Particular Rights and Their Protection Is Self-ownership a Human Right? JW Harris Some Aspects of Equality Rights: Theory and Practice Beth Gaze Globalism, the Regional Citizen and Democracy Alastair Davidson Table of Cases/ Table of Statutes/ References/ Index