Judicial protection of human rights : myth or reality? / edited by Mark Gibney and Stanislaw Frankowski.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Gibney, Mark.
• Frankowski, Stanisław.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Human rights.
• Courts.
• Justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

xi, 207 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.

Summary:

Examines whether or not judiciaries protect individuals from human rights abuses.

Contents:

• I. Europe
• 1. Protection of Human Rights by the Judiciary in Romania / Monica Macovei 3
• 2. The Judicial Protection of the Constitutional Rights and Freedoms in Russia: Myths and Reality / Igor Petrukhin 25
• II. Israel and the Occupied Territories
• 3. The Protection of Human Rights by Judges: The Israeli Experience / Stephen Goldstein 55
• 4. Judicial Protection in Israeli-Occupied Territories / John Quigley 69
• III. Latin America
• 5. Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Latin America: Heroism and Pragmatism / Brian Turner 89
• IV. India, the Philippines and China
• 6. Freedom from Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: The Role of the Supreme Court of India / Vijayashri Sripati 107
• 7. Judicial Defense of Human Rights during the Marcos Dictatorship in the Philippines: The Careers of Claudio Teehankee and Cecelia Munoz Palma / C. Neal Tate 123
• 8. Legal Culture, Legal Professionals and the Future of Human Rights in China / Albert Melone, Xiaolin Wang 137
• V. The Protection of Indigenous Rights: The Australian Example
• 9. "Retreat from Injustice": The High Court of Australia and Native Title / Garth Nettheim 163
• VI. The United States
• 10. U.S. Courts and the Selective Protection of Human Rights / Mark Gibney 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-196) and index.

ISBN:

0275960110

OCLC:

39042948