The legitimacy of international human rights regimes : legal, political and philosophical perspectives / edited by, Andreas Føllesdal, Johan Karlsson Schaffer, Geir Ulfstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Føllesdal, Andreas, editor.

Schaffer, Johan Karlsson, 1976- editor.

Ulfstein, Geir, 1951- editor.

Series:

Studies on human rights conventions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Effectiveness and validity of law.

Local Subjects:

Effectiveness and validity of law.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

xii, 309 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Contents:

International human rights and the challenge of legitimacy / Johan Karlsson Schaffer, Andreas Føllesdal and Geir Ulfstein

The legitimate authority of international human rights : on the reciprocal legitimation of domestic and international human rights / Samantha Besson

On the legitimate authority of international human rights bodies / Steven Wheatley

Equality, human rights, and political legitimacy / Kristen Hessler

The legitimacy of international interpretive authorities for human rights treaties : an indirect-instrumentalist defence / Başak Çali

Torture and the politics of legitimation in international law / Ian Hurd

Legitimacy, institutional power, and international human rights institutions : a conceptual enquiry / Lynn Dobson

Legitimacy, global governance and human rights institutions : inverting the puzzle / Johan Karlsson Schaffer

The democratic legitimacy of international human rights conventions : political constitutionalism and the Hirst case / Richard Bellamy

Much ado about nothing? : international judicial review of human rights in well-functioning democracies / Andreas Føllesdal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107034600

1107034604

OCLC:

843037417