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The promise of human rights : constitutional government, democratic legitimacy, and international law

Title
The promise of human rights : constitutional government, democratic legitimacy, and international law / Jamie Mayerfeld.
Author
Mayerfeld, Jamie
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

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Description
303 pages; 24 cm
Series Statement
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Uniform Title
Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Subject
  • Human rights
  • Constitutional law
  • Exceptionalism > United States
  • National characteristics, American
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Human rights -- Madison's compound republic and the logic of checks and balances -- Europe and the virtues of international constitutionalism -- American exceptionalism and the betrayal of human rights, part I : the torture memos -- American exceptionalism and the betrayal of human rights, part II : enabling torture -- The democratic legitimacy of international human rights law.
Call Number
JFE 16-9319
ISBN
  • 9780812248166
  • 0812248163
LCCN
2016024737
OCLC
927401208
Author
Mayerfeld, Jamie, author.
Title
The promise of human rights : constitutional government, democratic legitimacy, and international law / Jamie Mayerfeld.
Publisher
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-9319
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