International Protection of Human Rights

International Protection of Human Rights

Shelton, Dinah

Brill

08/2017

820

Dura

Inglês

9789004338470

15 a 20 dias

The contributions selected for inclusion in American Classics in International Law: International Protection of Human Rights, edited by Dinah Shelton, reveals themes, approaches, and analyses that have advanced human rights in ways that reflect specificities of US culture, politics and legal education.
Foreword to American Classics in International Law W. Michael Reisman Introduction Dinah Shelton I. Laying the Foundations for Human Rights Law 1. Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) 2. The Rights of Man (excerpts)(1791-1792) Thomas Paine 3. Message of President James Monroe at the commencement of the first session of the 18th Congress (The Monroe Doctrine), December 2, 1823 James Monroe 4. Address of the President of the United States (Four Freedoms Speech) (1941) Franklin Delano Roosevelt 5. The New International Law: Protection of the Rights of Individuals Rather than States Louis B. Sohn II. Identifying and Developing the Content of Human Rights 6. Genocide as a Crime under International Law Raphael Lemkin 7. The Age of Rights (excerpts) Louis Henkin 8. Basic Rights (excerpts) Henry Shue 9. Human Rights, Environmental Rights, and the Right to Environment Dinah Shelton 10. The Emerging Right to Democratic Governance Thomas M. Franck III. Identifying and Developing Obligations of States and Other Actors 11. Derogations from Human Rights Treaties in Public Emergencies Joan F. Hartman 12. To Respect and to Ensure Thomas Buergenthal 13. Settling Accounts: The Duty to Prosecute Human Rights Violations of a Prior Regime Diane F. Orentlicher 14. Sovereignty and Human Rights in Contemporary International Law W. Michael Reisman IV. Human Rights Law in Relation to United States Law and Policy 15. The Charter and the Constitution: The Human Rights Provisions in American Law Oscar Schachter 16. Human Rights and US Foreign Policy: Two Levels, Two Worlds David P. Forsythe 17. U.S. Ratification of Human Rights Conventions: The Ghost of Senator Bricker Louis Henkin 18. Treaties, Human Rights, and Conditional Consent Curtis A. Bradley and Jack L. Goldsmith 19. Invoking International Human Rights Law in Domestic Courts Richard B. Lillich V. Human Rights in International Organizations and Institutions 20. Human Rights in the United Nations Myres S. McDougal and Gerhard Bebr 21. The International Court of Justice and the Human Rights Clauses of the Charter Egon Schwelb 22. Toward a Theory of Effective Supranational Adjudication Laurence R. Helfer and Anne-Marie Slaughter Index
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