Research Methods for International Human Rights Law

Beyond the traditional paradigm

Damian Gonzalez-Salzberg, Loveday Hodson, Damian Gonzalez-Salzberg, Loveday Hodson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Topic: Law
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429889363
• Subtopic: Civil Rights in Law
• Index: Law

The study and teaching of international human rights law is dominated by the doctrinal method. A wealth of alternative approaches exists, but they tend to be discussed in isolation from one another. This collection focuses on cross-theoretical discussion that brings together an array of different analytical methods and theoretical lenses that can be used for conducting research within the field. As such, it provides a coherent, accessible and diverse account of key theories and methods. A distinctive feature of this collection is that it adopts a grounded approach to international human rights law, through demonstrating the application of specific research methods to individual case studies. By applying the approach under discussion to a concrete case it is possible to better appreciate the multiple understandings of international human rights law that are missed when the field is only comprehended though the doctrinal method. Furthermore, since every contribution follows the same uniform structure, this allows for fruitful comparison between different approaches to the study of our discipline.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of contributors
• 1. Introduction: Human rights research beyond the doctrinal approach
• 2. A Marxist approach to R.M.T. v the United KingdomM
• 3. A feminist approach to Alyne da Silva Pimentel Teixeira (deceased) v Brazil
• 4. A postmodern approach to Elisabeta Dano v Jobcenter Leipzig
• 5. A queer approach to the Advisory Opinion 24/2017 on LGBT rights
• 6. A legally pluralist approach to the Bakassi Peninsula case
• 7. A geographical approach to the Moiwana Community v Suriname
• 8. A historical approach to Chagos Islanders v the United Kingdom
• 9. A political approach to Lautsi and others v Italy
• 10. An anthropological approach to M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece
• 11. Human rights research beyond the traditional paradigm: Afterword
• Index