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Human rights, language and law. Volume II : proceedings of the 24th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Beijing, 2009 / edited by Thomas Bustamante and Oche Onazi.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (24th : 2009 : Beijing, China)
- Series:
- Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie. Beiheft ; 131.
- Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie. Beiheft ; 131
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Philosophy--Congresses.
- Law.
- Human rights--Congresses.
- Human rights.
- Language and languages--Congresses.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stuttgart, [Germany] ; Sinzheim, [Germany] : Franz Steiner Verlag : Nomos, 2012.
- Summary:
- The e-book comprises a selection of papers delivered at the 24th IVR World Congress, divided into four sections. The first, Human Rights and Justice in a Global Perspective, centres on the problems of the foundation of Human Rights and the legitimacy of Political Power. The second deals with Public Policy, Economics and Social Rights. In the section called Law, Language and Literature the focus is on the multiple ways in which Law can relate to language, discourses and literature. The fourth and final section analyses some of the recent Transformations in Lega
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; COSMOPOLITANISM AND POLITICS: DOUBLE EDGES AND TENSIONS BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE; A DIFFERENCE IN THE CONCEPTIONS OF THE SELF AS THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS BETWEEN THE WEST AND JAPAN: CAN CONFUCIAN SELF BE STRONG ENOUGH TO EXERCISE POSITIVE LIBERTY IN AN AUTHORITARIAN SOCIETY?; FRONTIERS OF GENETICS: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH; II PUBLIC POLICY, ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE IN BRAZIL; DISCOUNTING THE FUTURE? COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND SUSTAINABILITY
- III LAW, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURETOWARDS A HERMENEUTICAL APPROACH TO LEGAL METAPHOR; PATHOLOGIES OF LEGAL REASONING OR LEGAL REASONING AS A PATHOLOGY? TWO INTERPRETATIONS OF THE STRANGER; KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH YOUR WORDS? - AN ANALYSIS OF POWER DYNAMICS IN CHINESE COURT MEDIATION DISCOURSE; IV TRANSFORMATIONS IN LEGAL DOGMATICS AND PRIVATE LAW; PUBLIC INTERVENTION IN CONTRACTS: IS IT THE END OF PRIVATE LAW AS WE KNOW IT?; RELATIONAL JUSTICE: MEDIATION AND ODR THROUGH THE WORLD WIDE WEB; PRIVATE LAW IN THE SHADOW OF PUBLIC LAW: A LEGACY OF20TH CENTURY MARXISM AND THE SOVIET LEGAL MODEL
- AUTHORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 3-515-10542-5
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