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Protecting human rights : instruments and institutions / edited by Tom Campbell, Jeffrey Goldsworthy and Adrienne Stone.

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Protecting human rights : instruments and institutions / edited by Tom Campbell, Jeffrey Goldsworthy and Adrienne Stone.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Campbell, Tom, 1938-2019
  • Goldsworthy, Jeffrey Denys
  • Stone, Adrienne (Adrienne Sarah Ackary)
Description
xxii, 344 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
This volume addresses two important issues surrounding human rights in both law and politics. First, it considers the content and form of human rights. Secondly it considers the implementation of human rights.
Uniform Title
University press scholarship online.
Subject
  • Human rights
  • Human rights > Philosophy
  • Human Rights
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Pt. I. Conceptual boundaries and functions of human rights. Human rights: the shifting boundaries / Tom Campbell ; Freedom of expression as a human right / Larry Alexander ; Human rights concepts in Australian political debate / Mark A. Nolan and Penelope J. Oakes ; Human rights, rule of law, and American constitutionalism / Robin West -- pt. II. Democratic foundations. Rights, rules, and democracy / Richard S. Kay ; Rights and democracy: a reconciliation of the institutional debate / Julie Debeljak ; Representation-reinforcing review: comparing experiences in the United States and Australia / David Tucker ; A defence of the status quo / James Allan ; Aspiring to the rule of law / David Dyzenhaus -- pt. III. Institutional designs. Non-judicial review / Mark Tushnet ; Parliament and rights / Janet L. Hiebert ; Constructing a community-based bill of rights model / George Williams ; Judicial review, legislative override, and democracy / Jeffrey Goldsworthy ; Addressing homelessness: does Australia's indirect implementation of human rights comply with its international obligations? / Dianne Otto ; Indigenous rights / Steven Curry ; The case for social rights / K.D. Ewing.
ISBN
0199264066
OCLC
  • 52485670
  • SCSB-9971866
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library