Human Rights, Culture and the Rule of LawBloomsbury Academic, 2005 M09 12 - 242 pages This new book examines the relationship between culture and respect for human rights. It departs from the oft-made assumption that culture is closely linked to ideas about community. Instead, it reveals culture as a quality possessed by the individual with a serious impact on her ability to enjoy the rights and freedoms as recognised in international human rights law in meaningful and effective ways. This understanding redirects attention towards a range of issues that have long been marginalised, but which warrant a central place in human rights research and on the international human rights agenda. |
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... Civil Government ( Civil Disobedience ) ' in N Rosenblum ( ed ) , Henry Thoreau : Political Writings ( Cambridge , Cambridge University Press , 1996 ) , at 2 . Social Pressure The significance of social pressure has not gone Adiaphora 87.
... Thoreau : Political Writings ( Cambridge , Cambridge University Press , 1996 ) . THORNBERRY P , International Law and the Rights of Minorities ( Oxford , Oxford University Press , 1991 ) . TUCK R , Natural Rights Theories ( New York ...
Contents
Acknowledgements ix | 1 |
A Critique of the Current Human Rights Approach to Culture | 24 |
A Fresh Start | 40 |
Copyright | |
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