ISBN:
9789400745100
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1283612313
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9781283612319
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXIII, 424 p, digital)
Series Statement:
Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 16
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. The universalism of human rights
Keywords:
Public law
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Constitutional law
;
Law
;
Law
;
Public law
;
Constitutional law
;
Konferenzschrift 2010
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Konferenzschrift
;
Menschenrecht
;
Menschenrecht
Abstract:
Is there universalism of human rights? If so, what are its scope and limits? This book is a doctrinal attempt to define universalism of human rights, as well as its scope and limits. The book presents tests of universalism on international, regional and national constitutional levels. It is maintained that universalism of human rights is both a concept and a normative reality. The normative character of human rights is scrutinized through the study of international and regional agreements as well as national constitutions. As a consequence, limitations of normativity are identified, usually on the international level, and take the form of exceptions, reservations, and interpretations. The book is based on the General and National Reports which were originally presented at the 18th International Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law in Washington D.C. 2010.
Description / Table of Contents:
The Universalism of Human Rights; Foreword; Préface; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Human Rights and Peace; Contemporary Developments; Plurinational Level of Protection; Instruments and Mechanisms; Questionnaire; Results; Evaluation; Chapter 1: Reflections on the Universality of Human Rights; 1.1 Are Human Rights Universal?; 1.1.1 How to Define Universality?; 1.1.2 The Human Rights Idea, the Political Transformation of This Idea Into Normative Structures, and the Gap Between Normative Claim and Reality; 1.1.3 Normative Claim and Normative Reality; 1.1.4 Universality v. Relativism 7
Description / Table of Contents:
1.1.5 Human Rights and National Constitutional Law1.2 Are Fundamental Rights Binding?; 1.2.1 International and Regional Level; 1.2.2 State Level; 1.2.3 The Effects of Human Rights Soft Law; 1.2.4 Human Rights and the Rule of Law; References; Chapter 2: Universal Human Rights in the Law of the United States; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Human Rights in the States; 2.3 Federal Protections of Human Rights; 2.4 International Human Rights Standards; 2.5 Conclusion and Prospects for the Future; References; Chapter 3: Diversité culturelle et droits de la personne: la situation au Canada*
Description / Table of Contents:
3.1 Traités et droit canadien3.2 Actes unilatéraux des organisations internationales et droit canadien; 3.3 Particularismes locaux canadiens; 3.3.1 Peuples autochtones canadiens; 3.3.2 Minorités linguistiques canadiennes; 3.3.3 Minorités ethniques et religieuses canadiennes; 3.4 Conclusion; Bibliographie; Monographie; Articles; Jurisprudence; Législation; Documents internationaux; Rapports; Sites Web; Annexe - Conventions auxquelles le Canada est partie; Chapter 4: The Impact of the Jurisprudence Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the Chilean Constitutional System; 4.1 Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
4.2 The Inter-American System of Human Rights4.2.1 The System Based on the OAS Charter; 4.2.2 System Based on the Convention; 4.3 Constitution, Law and Rights in Chile; 4.4 The Position of the International Treaties on Human Rights in the Chilean Constitutional System; 4.4.1 The Hierarchy of International Treaties on Human Rights; 4.4.2 The History of Article 5 (2) Second Sentence of the Constitution; 4.4.3 The Principle of Harmonious Interpretation of the Constitution and the Requirements for Constitutional Amendments
Description / Table of Contents:
4.4.4 The Hierarchical Superiority of Treaties on Human Rights with Regard to National Law4.4.5 The Chilean Constitution and the American Treaty on Human Rights; 4.4.6 The Relationship Between the San José de Costa Rica Court's Judgments and the Judgments of the Chilean Courts; 4.4.6.1 The San José de Costa Rica Court's Judgments Have No Supremacy over Chilean Courts; 4.4.6.2 The Enforcement of the San José Court's Judgments May Need to Reform the Internal Law; 4.5 Conclusion; References; Bibliography; Legal Documents; Judgments
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5: The Universal Nature of Human Rights: The Brazilian Stance Within Latin America's Human Rights Scenario
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-4510-0
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