Human dignity and international law / edited by Andrea Gattini, Rosana Garciandia and Philippa Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gattini, Andrea, author.

Garciandia, Rosana, author.

Webb, Philippa, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Respect for persons--Law and legislation.

Respect for persons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 220 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Chapter 1 Setting the Scene: 100 Years of Human Dignity

Chapter 2 Italian International Lawyers Facing Racial Laws: the Fate of Angelo Piero Sereni and Edoardo Vitta

1 Introduction

2 The Early Stages of Their Academic Careers

3 Leaving Italy: a Difficult Decision

4 Returning to Their Academic Home: Challenge and Recognition

5 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 3 Hersch Lauterpacht and Human Dignity

i Introduction

ii Phase i (1922-1943): Humanité diffuse

Iii Phase ii (1943-1960): Humanité cristallisée

iv Conclusions

Chapter 4 Pure Theory of Law Amidst the Tempest: Hans Kelsen, Democracy and Human Rights

1 Introduction: Human Rights Enshrined in Kelsen's Systemic Theory

2 Human Rights as Part and Parcel of the "essence and value" of Democracy

3 Pure Theory of Law and the Punishment of the "most objectionable acts"

4 Conclusion: Kelsen's Sense of Justice

Chapter 5 Nikolaos Politis and the Legal Status of the Individual in the International Legal Order

1 Individuals as Creators of International Law in Politis' Doctrine

2 Individuals as Objects or as Subjects of International Law in Politis' Doctrine

3 Individuals as Capable Subjects in the International Legal Order in Politis' Doctrine

4 Concluding Remarks

Chapter 6 International Institutional Protection of Human Rights: Achievements and Failures

i Substantive Human Rights Guarantees

ii Institutional Mechanisms

1 General Considerations

2 Monitoring by the Political Organs of the United Nations-the Early Period

3 The Expert Bodies within the Framework of the Core Human Rights Treaties

iii Universal Periodic Review

iv Conclusion

Chapter 7 The Promise of International Criminal Justice: Achievements and Failures in Protecting Human Dignity

1 A Few Preliminary Remarks

2 The Fulfilled Promise: the Development of Substantive Law to Enhance the Protection of Human Dignity

2.1 The First Stage (1945-1993): Setting the Normative Process for the Protection of Human Dignity

2.2 The Years of Maturity: Developing and Applying the Law to Enhance the Protection of Human Dignity

3 The Broken Promise of International Criminal Justice: the Impossibility to Bring to Justice Incumbent Heads of States and High-Ranking State Officials

4 International Criminal Justice at a Crossroad: Looking Ahead

Chapter 8 Human Dignity in International Labour Rights

2 Legal Texts

3 Practice of International Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies

4 Conclusion

Chapter 9 The "Poor Cousins": What, If Anything, Can International Law and Lawyers Do for Social Rights?

2 Scepticism about the Effectiveness of Human Rights

3 The Empirical Reality of Human Rights.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 07, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Gattini, Andrea Human Dignity and International Law

ISBN:

9789004435650

9004435654

Publisher Number:

40030337320

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