Human rights for the 21st century : sovereignty, civil society, culture / Helen M. Stacy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stacy, Helen.

Series:

Stanford studies in human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Sovereignty.

Civil society.

Culture and law.

Physical Description:

xi, 260 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Human rights for the twenty first century

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2009]

Summary:

A new moral, ethical, and legal framework is needed for international human rights law. Never in human history has there been such an elaborate international system for human rights, yet from massive disasters, such as the Darfur genocide, to everyday tragedies, such as female genital mutilation, human rights abuses continue at an alarming rate.

Modern critiques of global human rights fall into three categories: sovereignty, culture, and civil society. These are not new problems, but they have long been debated as part of the legal philosophical tradition. Taking lessons from tradition and recasting them in contemporary light, Helen Stacy proposes new ways to fill the gaps in current approaches: relational sovereignty, reciprocal adjudication, and regional human rights. She forcefully argues that law and courts must play a vital role in forging a better human rights vision in the future.

Contents:

The human rights problem

Institutionalizing international human rights

Relational sovereignty and humanitarian intervention

Reciprocal judging

Regional human rights courts

Human rights for the 21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.

ISBN:

9780804745390

0804745390

9780804760959

0804760950

OCLC:

268957391