Human rights in the constitutional law of the United States / Michael J. Perry, Emory University School of Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

United States.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Human rights--United States.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

x, 185 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Summary:

"In the period since the end of the Second World War, there has emerged what has never before existed: a truly global morality--specifically, a global political morality. That morality, which I call "the morality of human rights", consists both of a fundamental imperative, which serves as the normative ground of human rights, and of various human rights--of various rights, that is, recognized by the great majority of the countries of the world as human rights"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The internationalization of human rights

What is a "Human Right"?

The normative ground of human rights

Capital punishment

The question of judicial deference

The right to moral equality

The right to religious and moral freedom

Same-sex marriage

Abortion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107038363

1107038367

9781107666085

1107666082

OCLC:

828193839