The Judicial Application of Human Rights Law
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-78042-1 (ISBN)
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Since the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, over 140 countries have incorporated human rights standards into their legal systems: the resulting jurisprudence from diverse cultural traditions brings new dimensions to concepts first articulated in the 1948 Declaration. Nihal Jayawickrama draws on all available sources to encapsulate the judicial interpretation of human rights law in one ambitious, comprehensive volume. Jayawickrama covers the case law of the superior courts of over eighty countries in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, and the jurisprudence of the UN Human Rights monitoring bodies, the European Court of Human Rights, and of the Inter-American system. He analyses the judicial application of human rights law to demonstrate empirically the universality of contemporary human rights norms. This definitive compendium will be essential for legal practitioners, government and non-governmental officials, as well as academics and students of both constitutional law and the international law of human rights.
Nihal Jayawickrama was formerly the Ariel F Sallows Professor of Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan. A member of the Sri Lanka Bar, he was Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice. An advocate for a Bill of Rights in Hong Kong prior to the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, he was involved in the processes that led to its fruition.
Cases; Instruments; Statutes; Part I. Introduction: 1. Historical and juridical background; 2. The international bill of human rights; 3. The domestic protection of human rights; 4. The international protection of human rights; Part II. General Principles: 5. Interpretation; 6. Non-discrimination; 7. Limitations; 8. Derogation; Part III. The Substantive Rights: 9. The right of self-determination; 10. The right to life; 11. The right to freedom from torture; 12. The right to freedom from slavery; 13. The right to liberty; 14. The rights of prisoners; 15. The right to freedom of movement; 16. The right to a fair trial; 17. The rights of accused persons; 18. The right to recognition as a person; 19. The right to privacy; 20. The right to freedom of thought; 21. The right to freedom of expression; 22. The right to freedom of assembly; 23. The right to freedom of association; 24. The right to family life; 25. The rights of the child; 26. The right to participate in public life; 27. The right to equality; 28. The rights of minorities; 29. The rights relating to work; 30. The rights relating to social security; 31. The right to an adequate standard of living; 32. The rights relating to property; 33. The right to health; 34. The right to education; 35. The right to cultural life; Indices: Subjects; Terms and phrases.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.12.2002 |
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| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 1633 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-78042-X / 052178042X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-78042-1 / 9780521780421 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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