Human Rights, Southern Voices

Francis Deng, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Yash Ghai and Upendra Baxi

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-13026-4 (ISBN)

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This anthology contains a variety of Southern perspectives on human rights and contemporary issues relating to Islam, African custom, constitution making and abuses of the language of human rights.

A just international order and a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law need to include perspectives that take account of the standpoints, interests, concerns and beliefs of non-Western people and traditions. The dominant scholarly and activist discourses about human rights have developed largely without reference to these other viewpoints. Claims about universality sit uneasily with ignorance of other traditions and parochial or ethnocentric tendencies. The object of the book is to make accessible the ideas of four jurists who present distinct 'Southern' perspectives on human rights.

William Twining is Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus of University College London. He has worked extensively in Eastern Africa, the Commonwealth and the United States. Much of his recent work explores the implications of globalisation for law and legal theory. His previous book, General Jurisprudence: Understanding Law from a Global Perspective, is a precursor of Human Rights: Southern Voices.

1. Introduction; 2. Francis Deng; 3. Abdullahi An-Na'im; 4. Yash Ghai; 5. Upendra Baxi; 6. Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.9.2009
Reihe/Serie	Law in Context
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	173 x 247 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-521-13026-3 / 0521130263
ISBN-13	978-0-521-13026-4 / 9780521130264
Zustand	Neuware