Overview
- A current analysis of the international human rights legal situation that will be of interest to top level academics world wide
- An integrated three level perspective which until now has not been developed in this context
- A unique comparative study in a regional and national perspectives
Part of the book series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT, volume 16)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
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.Â
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.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Universalism of Human Rights
Editors: Rainer Arnold
Series Title: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4510-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4509-4Published: 22 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9283-8Published: 20 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4510-0Published: 21 August 2012
Series ISSN: 1534-6781
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9902
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 424
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, Public Law, Public International Law