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 ; 4.

Studies on human rights conventions ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Effectiveness and validity of law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

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Summary:

The past sixty years have seen an expansion of international human rights conventions and supervisory organs, not least in Europe. While these international legal instruments have enlarged their mandate, they have also faced opposition and criticism from political actors at the state level, even in well-functioning democracies. Against the backdrop of such contestations, this book brings together prominent scholars in law, political philosophy and international relations in order to address the legitimacy of international human rights regimes as a theoretically challenging and politically salient case of international authority. It provides a unique and thorough overview of the legitimacy problems involved in the global governance of human rights.

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.

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ISBN:

9781139540827

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