Comparative human rights law /

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Author / Creator:	Fredman, Sandra, author.
Edition:	First Edition.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. ©2018
Description:	xxxvi, 476 pages ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Human rights. Comparative law. Comparative law. Human rights.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11751219

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ISBN:	0199689415 9780199689415 9780199689408 0199689407
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Courts in different jurisdictions face similar human rights questions. Does the death penalty breach human rights? Does freedom of speech include racist speech? Is there a right to health? This book uses the prism of comparative law to examine the fascinating ways in which these difficult questions are decided. On the one hand, the shared language of human rights suggests that there should be similar solutions to comparable problems. On the other hand, there are important differences. Constitutional texts are worded differently; courts have differing relationships with the legislature; and there are divergences in socio-economic development, politics, and history. Nevertheless, there is a growing transnational conversation between courts, with cases in one jurisdiction being cited in others. Part I sets out the cross-cutting themes which shape the ways judges respond to challenging human rights issues. It examines when it is legitimate to refer to foreign materials; how universality and cultural relativity are balanced in human rights law; the appropriate role of courts in adjudicating human rights in a democracy; and the principles judges use to interpret human rights texts. The book is unusual in transcending the distinction between socio-economic rights and civil and political0rights. Part II applies these cross-cutting themes to comparing human rights law in the US, UK, South Africa, Canada, and India. Its focus is on seven particularly challenging issues: the death penalty, abortion, housing, health, speech, education and religion, with the aim of inspiring further comparative examination of other pressing human rights issues.

Table of Contents:

Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
List of Abbreviations
Note on the Cover
Introduction
Part I.
1. Foreign Fads or Fashions: The Role of Comparativism in Human Rights Law
2. What Is a Human Right? Dealing with Disagreement
3. Challenging the Divide: Socio-economic Rights as Human Rights
4. Allies or Subversives? Adjudication and Democracy
5. Interpreting Human Rights Law
Part II.
6. Capital Punishment
7. Abortion
8. The Right to Health
9. The Right to Housing
10. Freedom of Speech
11. The Right to Education
12. Freedom of Religion
13. Conclusion
Index

Comparative human rights law /

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