Human Rights for the 21st Century
eBook - ePub

Human Rights for the 21st Century

Sovereignty, Civil Society, Culture

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Human Rights for the 21st Century

Sovereignty, Civil Society, Culture

About this book

A new moral, ethical, and legal framework is needed for international human rights law. Never in human history has there been such an elaborate international system for human rights, yet from massive disasters, such as the Darfur genocide, to everyday tragedies, such as female genital mutilation, human rights abuses continue at an alarming rate. As the world population increases and global trade brings new wealth as well as new problems, international law can and should respond better to those who live in fear of violence, neglect, or harm.

Modern critiques global human rights fall into three categories: sovereignty, culture, and civil society. These are not new problems, but have long been debated as part of the legal philosophical tradition. Taking lessons from tradition and recasting them in contemporary light, Helen Stacy proposes new approaches to fill the gaps in current approaches: relational sovereignty, reciprocal adjudication, and regional human rights. She forcefully argues that law and courts must play a vital role in forging a better human rights vision in the future.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Chapter 1 - The Human Rights Problem
  7. Chapter 2 - Institutionalizing International Human Rights
  8. Chapter 3 - Relational Sovereignty and Humanitarian Intervention
  9. Chapter 4 - Reciprocal Judging
  10. Chapter 5 - Regional Human Rights Courts
  11. Chapter 6 - Human Rights for the 21st Century
  12. Reference Matter
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. Stanford Studies in Human Rights - Mark Goodale, editor