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