The right to development in international law : the case of Pakistan / Khurshid Iqbal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iqbāl, Khūrshīd Ashraf.

Series:

Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

Routledge Research in Human Rights Law ; v.v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Pakistan.

Human rights.

Rule of law--Pakistan.

Rule of law.

Islamic law--Pakistan.

Islamic law.

Law and economic development.

Economic development--Religious aspects--Islam.

Economic development.

Social justice--Pakistan.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Right to Development in International Law rigorously explores the right to development (RTD) from the perspectives of international law as well as the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and the Islamic concept of social justice in Pakistan. The volume draws on a wide range of relevant sources to analyse the legal status of international cooperation in contemporary international law, before exploring the domestic application of the right to development looking at the example of Pakistan, a country that is undergoing radical transformation in terms of its internal gov

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Table of Statutory Material; 1 Introduction; Part I The RTD: Concept and challenges; 2 History, politics and concept of the RTD; 3 The jurisprudence of the RTD; 4 The declaration and the working groups; Part II The RTD in international law; 5 The legal status of the RTD in public international law; Part III The RTD at the national level: Pakistan as a case study; 6 The nature and extent of the realization of the RTD in Pakistan; 7 Reconceptualizing the RTD in Islamic law

8 Pakistan's poverty-reduction strategy and the RTD9 Conclusion; Glossary of Islamic words; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-01998-X

1-134-01999-8

1-282-25641-6

9786612256417

0-203-87497-8

9780203874974

OCLC:

458300438