Human rights with modesty : the problem of universalism / edited by András Sajó.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sajó, András.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Internationalism.

Globalization.

Rule of law.

Physical Description:

viii, 382 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers, 2004.

Summary:

This volume considers the problem of legal universals at the level of the rule of law and human rights, which have fundamentally different pedigrees, and attempts to come to terms with the new unease arising from the universal application of human rights.

Contents:

Introduction: Universalism with Humility / Andras Sajo 1

Part I Universality in Context

Chapter 1 On the Universality of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Wiktor Osiatynski 33

Chapter 2 The Complexity of Universalism in Human Rights / Makau Mutua 51

Chapter 3 Moral Realism without the Ethnocentrism: Is It Just a List of Empty Truisms? / Richard A. Shweder 65

Chapter 4 Can Human Rights Be "Contextualized"? / Guy Haarscher 103

Chapter 5 Reinstating the Universal in the Discourse of Human Rights and Justice / Tatsuo Inoue 121

Chapter 6 Universalism and Localism and Paternism in Human Rights Discourse / Wojciech Sadurski 141

Chapter 7 International Human Rights in a Fragmenting World / Helen Stacy 161

Part II Human Rights Politics

Chapter 8 Social and Economic Dimensions of Universal Rights / Dimitrina Petrova 187

Chapter 9 Reconciling Universality and Diversity in International Human Rights Law / Eva Brems 213

Chapter 10 Global Rule of Law: Universal and Particular / Ruti Teitel 231

Part III Rule of Law: Local Experiences

Chapter 11 False Dichotomies, True Perplexities, and the Rule of Law / Martin Krygier 251

Chapter 12 The Illusory Promise of the Rule of Law / Frank K. Upham 279

Part IV Many Faces of Religion: Case Studies on Iran

Chapter 13 The Paradox of Religion and the Universality of Human Rights / Shlomo Avineri 317

Chapter 14 Constitutionalism and Islamic Law in Nineteenth-Century Iran: Mirza Malkum Khan and Qanun / Shiva Balaghi 327

Chapter 15 Shifting Grounds for Challenging the Authority of International Human Rights Law: Religion as a Malleable and Politicized Pretext for governmental Noncompliance with Human Rights / Ann Elizabeth Mayer 349.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004138234

OCLC:

55286668