The Cambridge handbook of natural law and human rights / edited by Tom Angier, Iain T. Benson, Mark D. Retter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Angier, Tom P. S., editor.

Benson, Iain T., editor.

Retter, Mark, editor.

Series:

Cambridge law handbooks.

Cambridge Law Handbooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural law--Influence.

Natural law.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 512 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This Handbook provides an intellectually rigorous and accessible overview of the relationship between natural law and human rights. It fills a crucial gap in the literature with leading scholarship on the importance of natural law as a philosophical foundation for human rights and its significance for contemporary debates. The themes covered include: the role of natural law thought in the history of human rights; human rights scepticism; the different notions of 'subjective right'; the various foundations for human rights within natural law ethics; the relationship between natural law and human rights in religious traditions; the idea of human dignity; the relation between human rights, political community and law; human rights interpretation; and tensions between human rights law and natural law ethics. This Handbook is an ideal introduction to natural law perspectives on human rights, while also offering a concise summary of scholarly developments in the field.

Contents:

Introduction

The perennial and dynamic relationship between human rights and natural / Mark Retter, Tom Angier and Iain Benson

Natural law and human rights : continuities and discontinuities / Cary J. Nederman and Ben Peterson

The paradox of shrinking individuality : natural rights' development and relevance to human rights today / Mónica García-Salmones

Synderesis, conscientia and human rights / Kevin L. Flannery, S.J.

The case against the marriage of natural law and natural rights / Tracey Rowland

The mythical connection between natural law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / James Chappel

Natural law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Paul Yowell

Ontological and epistemological foundations of human rights / Tom Angier

The teleological foundations of human rights / Edward Feser

New natural law foundations of human rights / Christopher Tollefsen

A personalist foundation for natural law and human rights / Josef Seifert

Acknowledged dependence, natural rights, and human rights : Augustinian humility, Charles Malik, and the Universal Declaration / Mary M. Keys and Melody Grubaugh

Eternal Law, natural law, natural rights : freedom and power in Aquinas / Jean Porter

Natural law, natural theology, and human rights in the Jewish tradition / David Novak

Natural law and human rights in Catholic Christianity / Roland Minnerath

Natural law and natural rights in the early Protestant tradition / John Witte, Jr.

Human rights or moral obligations? : the link with natural law in Hinduism / Shashi Motilal and Jeremiah Dumai

Human dignity and natural law / Patrick Lee and Robert P. George

Civic friendship, natural law and natural right / John von Heyking

Common goods, group rights and human rights / Mark D. Retter

Natural law, human rights and the separation of powers / Julian Rivers

Human goods and human rights law : two modes of derivation from natural law / Grégoire Webber

Natural law, human rights, and jus Cogens / Stephen Hall

Moral pluralism, political disagreement and human rights / Catherine McCauliff

Human rights law and adjudication : the role of determination / Francisco J. Urbina

Natural law and human rights amid the legal ruins of liberal scepticism, values language and global resets / Iain T. Benson

Human rights and the modes of judicial responsibility / Peter D. Lauwers

The right to religious freedom : extension or erosion? / Rafael Domingo

Natural law, rights of the family, and international human rights instruments / Jane F. Adolphe

Natural law and socioeconomic rights / Gary Chartier

Solidarity and global allocation of COVID-19 vaccines : a question of equality? / Thana C de Campos-Rudinsky

Philosophical challenges and prospects for natural law foundations of human rights / Jonathan Crowe.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781108943680

1108943683

9781108944625

1108944620

9781108939225

1108939228