Human rights with modesty : the problem of universalism /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Sajó, András
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers, 2004.
Subjects:	Human rights. Internationalism. Globalization. Rule of law. Mensenrechten. Universaliteit. Rechtsstaat. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Internationalisme. Mondialisation. Règle de droit. Menschenrecht. Universalität. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Universalism with Humility / Andras Sajo 1
Part I Universality in Context
Chapter 1 On the Universality of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Wiktor Osiatynski 33
Chapter 2 The Complexity of Universalism in Human Rights / Makau Mutua 51
Chapter 3 Moral Realism without the Ethnocentrism: Is It Just a List of Empty Truisms? / Richard A. Shweder 65
Chapter 4 Can Human Rights Be "Contextualized"? / Guy Haarscher 103
Chapter 5 Reinstating the Universal in the Discourse of Human Rights and Justice / Tatsuo Inoue 121
Chapter 6 Universalism and Localism and Paternism in Human Rights Discourse / Wojciech Sadurski 141
Chapter 7 International Human Rights in a Fragmenting World / Helen Stacy 161
Part II Human Rights Politics
Chapter 8 Social and Economic Dimensions of Universal Rights / Dimitrina Petrova 187
Chapter 9 Reconciling Universality and Diversity in International Human Rights Law / Eva Brems 213
Chapter 10 Global Rule of Law: Universal and Particular / Ruti Teitel 231
Part III Rule of Law: Local Experiences
Chapter 11 False Dichotomies, True Perplexities, and the Rule of Law / Martin Krygier 251
Chapter 12 The Illusory Promise of the Rule of Law / Frank K. Upham 279
Part IV Many Faces of Religion: Case Studies on Iran
Chapter 13 The Paradox of Religion and the Universality of Human Rights / Shlomo Avineri 317
Chapter 14 Constitutionalism and Islamic Law in Nineteenth-Century Iran: Mirza Malkum Khan and Qanun / Shiva Balaghi 327
Chapter 15 Shifting Grounds for Challenging the Authority of International Human Rights Law: Religion as a Malleable and Politicized Pretext for governmental Noncompliance with Human Rights / Ann Elizabeth Mayer 349.