"In recent years there has been an explosion in the usage and visibility of the language of human rights in the media, but what does this mean for the role of the media? For evolving ideas about human rights? And for the prospect of shared cosmopolitan values?Ekaterina Balabanov…
"This fully-updated and much expanded second edition provides a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the current debates in international humanitarian law. Written by a former UN Chief Prosecutor and a leading international law expert, this book analyses the legal a…
"In this volume, Judith Blau and Alberto Moncada compare the constitutional provisions of a number of nation-states and summarize some of the relevant United Nations' human rights declarations and treaties. To encourage U.S. citizens to think critically about their constitution …
"In this volume, Judith Blau and Alberto Moncada compare the constitutional provisions of a number of nation-states and summarize some of the relevant United Nations' human rights declarations and treaties. To encourage U.S. citizens to think critically about their constitution …
"The effective implementation of human rights treaty obligations in national law is subject to increasing attention. The main responsibility for the international monitoring of national implementation at the global level is entrusted to the UN human rights treaty bodies. These b…
This third edition of David P. Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in an age of upheaval in international politics. Human rights standards are examined at the global, regional and national levels, with separate chapters …
This third edition of David P. Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in an age of upheaval in international politics. Human rights standards are examined at the global, regional and national levels, with separate chapters …
Collective rights: a legal theory
"In a departure from the mainstream methodology of a positivist-oriented jurisprudence, Collective Rights provides the first legal-theoretical treatment of this area. It advances a normative-moral standpoint of 'value collectivism' which goes against the traditional political ph…