Overview

"The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive and original overview of one of the fundamental topics within international law. It contains substantial new essays by over forty leading experts in the field, giving students, scholars, and practitioners a complete overview of the issues that inform research and a ""map"" of the debates that animate the field. Each chapter features critical and up-to-date analysis of the current state of debate and discussion, assessing recent work, and advancing the understanding of all aspects of this developing area of international law.Addressing all aspects of international human rights law, the Handbook consists of over forty chapters, divided into seven parts. The first two sections explore the foundational theories and the historical antecedents of human rights law from a diverse set of disciplines, including the philosophical, religious, biological, and psychological origins of moral development and altruism, and sociological findings about cooperation and conflict. They also trace the historical sources of human rights through comparative and international law by conducting a case study of the anti-slavery movement. Section III focuses on the law-making process and certain categories of rights. Sections IV and V examine the normative and institutional evolution of human rights, and discuss its impact on various doctrines of general international law. The final two sections are more speculative, examining whether there is an advantage to considering major social problems from a human rights perspective and, if so, how that might be done. Section VI analyses several current problems that are being addressed by governments both domestically and through international organizations, and issues that have been placed on the human rights agenda of the United Nations, such as state responsibility for human rights violations and economic sanctions to enforce human rights. The final section then evaluates the impact of international human rights law over the past six decades from a variety of perspectives. The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and practitioners of international human rights law. It provides the reader with new perspectives on international human rights law that are both multidisciplinary and geographically and culturally diverse. It should become the new standard reference work in this area."

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Author:   Dinah Shelton (Emeritus Manatt/Ahn Professor in International Law, Emeritus Manatt/Ahn Professor in International Law, George Washington University Law School)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   1.786kg
ISBN:  

9780199640133

ISBN 10:   0199640130
Pages:   1078
Publication Date:   24 October 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"I. Theoretical Foundations 1: M. Christian Green and John Witte: Religion 2: Siegfried Van Duffel: Moral Philosophy 3: Christopher A. Robinson: Biology 4: Brian S. Turner: Sociology 5: Robin Bradley Kar: Psychology 6: Mark Goodale: Cultural Anthropology II. Historical and Legal Sources 7: Paul Gordon Lauren: Justice and Rights in Legal Texts from Hammurabi to the 18th Century 8: Michael O'Boyle and Michelle Lafferty: Constitutions and General Principles as Sources of Human Rights Law 9: Jenny Martinez: The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Rise of Non-government Organizations 10: Annemarieke Vermeer: Diplomatic Protection as a Source of Human Rights Law 11: Gerd Oberleitner: Humanitarian Law as a Source of Human Rights Law 12: Janelle Diller: The International Labor Movement 13: Peter Kovacs: The League of Nations Precedents III. Structural Principles 14: Paolo Carozza: Human Dignity 15: Gerald Neuman: Subsidiarity 16: Johan van der Vyver: Sovereignty 17: Rudiger Wolfrum: Solidarity 18: Jarlath Clifford: Equality 19: Yutaka Arai-Takahashi: Proportionality 20: Christian Tomuschat: Democracy and the Rule of Law IV. Normative Evolution 21: Bertram Ramcharan: The Law-Making Process: From Declaration to Treaty and Custom 22: Martin Scheinin: The Concept of ""Core"" Rights and Obligations 23: Erika de Wet: Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes 24: Dinah Shelton and Ariel Gould: Positive and Negative Obligations V. Institutions and Actors 25: Miloon Kothari: From Commission to Council: The Evolution of UN Charter Bodies 26: Nigel Rodley: The Role and Impact of Treaty Bodies 27: Cecilia Medina: International Tribunals: Interpreting or Creating Rights and Obligations? 28: Christof Heyns and Magnus Killander: Thinking Globally, Acting Regionally: Universality and the Growth of Regional Systems 29: Nisuke Ando: National Implementation and Interpretation 30: David Weissbrodt: The Role and Responsibility of Non-State Actors VI. Human Rights and General International Law 31: Malgosia Fitzmaurice: Interpretation of Human Rights Treaties 32: Ramesh Thakur: Using Armed Force to Prevent or Halt Human Rights Violations: The Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Intervention 33: Chimene Keitner: Transnational Human Rights Litigation: Jurisdiction and Immunities 34: George Lopez: Enforcing Human Rights through Economic and Other Sanctions 35: Sarah Joseph: Trade, Investment, and Human Rights VII. Assessments 36: Francisco Lopez-Bermudez: Developing and Applying Human Rights Indicators 37: Gisella Gori: Evaluating Compliance with Judgments and Recommendations of Human Rights Tribunals 38: Fiona McKay: What Outcomes for Victims? 39: Juan Mendez and Catherine Cone: Does Human Rights Law Make a Difference: Lessons from Latin America"

Reviews

The disposition of the authors and the choice of the contributors, many of them likewise experienced as academics and practitioners, are convincing. All chapters are well composed and focused, illustrating the relevant problems, discussing possible solutions and obstacles, and concluding with concise summarizing observations, and some, not too many, suggestions for Further Reading... Indeed Reading each chapter was a joy that I hope will be shared by many readers. Eckart Klein, German Yearbook of International Law By offering a well-balanced analysis of a wide range of issues, and by suggesting further reading on each, this volume makes an excellent effort to provide a complete picture of human rights as a system. The volume will leave every reader with a more advanced understanding of human rights, and I give it my most sincere recommendation. Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen, Nordic Journal of Human Rights

By offering a well-balanced analysis of a wide range of issues, and by suggesting further reading on each, this volume makes an excellent effort to provide a complete picture of human rights as a system. The volume will leave every reader with a more advanced understanding of human rights, and I give it my most sincere recommendation. * Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen, Nordic Journal of Human Rights * The disposition of the authors and the choice of the contributors, many of them likewise experienced as academics and practitioners, are convincing. All chapters are well composed and focused, illustrating the relevant problems, discussing possible solutions and obstacles, and concluding with concise summarizing observations, and some, not too many, suggestions for Further Reading... Indeed Reading each chapter was a joy that I hope will be shared by many readers. * Eckart Klein, German Yearbook of International Law *

The disposition of the authors and the choice of the contributors, many of them likewise experienced as academics and practitioners, are convincing. All chapters are well composed and focused, illustrating the relevant problems, discussing possible solutions and obstacles, and concluding with concise summarizing observations, and some, not too many, suggestions for Further Reading... Indeed Reading each chapter was a joy that I hope will be shared by many readers. * Eckart Klein, German Yearbook of International Law * By offering a well-balanced analysis of a wide range of issues, and by suggesting further reading on each, this volume makes an excellent effort to provide a complete picture of human rights as a system. The volume will leave every reader with a more advanced understanding of human rights, and I give it my most sincere recommendation. * Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen, Nordic Journal of Human Rights *

Author Information

Professor Dinah Shelton was the inaugural holder of the Manatt/Ahn Professorship in International Law at the George Washington University Law School, where she has taught since 2004. She previously taught international law and was director of the doctoral program in international human rights law at the University of Notre Dame Law School (1996-2004). She has also lectured at universities throughout the world. Professor Shelton is the author of three prize-winning books, Protecting Human Rights in the Americas (co-authored with Thomas Buergenthal), Remedies in International Human Rights Law, and the three-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity. She has also authored many other articles and books on international law, human rights law, and international environmental law. Professor Shelton is a member of the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law.

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