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Protecting human rights : instruments and institutions

What should and what should not to be counted as a human right? What does it mean to identify a right as a human right? And what are the most effective and legitimate means of promoting human rights? This book addresses these questions and the complex relationship between the answers to them.
Print Book, English, 2003
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003
Book
xxii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780199264063, 0199264066
52485670
pt. I. Conceptual boundaries and functions of human rights. Human rights: the shifting boundaries / Tom Campbell ; Freedom of expression as a human right / Larry Alexander ; Human rights concepts in Australian political debate / Mark A. Nolan and Penelope J. Oakes ; Human rights, rule of law, and American constitutionalism / Robin West
pt. II. Democratic foundations. Rights, rules, and democracy / Richard S. Kay ; Rights and democracy: a reconciliation of the institutional debate / Julie Debeljak ; Representation-reinforcing review: comparing experiences in the United States and Australia / David Tucker ; A defence of the status quo / James Allan ; Aspiring to the rule of law / David Dyzenhaus
pt. III. Institutional designs. Non-judicial review / Mark Tushnet ; Parliament and rights / Janet L. Hiebert ; Constructing a community-based bill of rights model / George Williams ; Judicial review, legislative override, and democracy / Jeffrey Goldsworthy ; Addressing homelessness: does Australia's indirect implementation of human rights comply with its international obligations? / Dianne Otto ; Indigenous rights / Steven Curry ; The case for social rights / K.D. Ewing