Umfang:
Online-Ressource (vii, 479 p)
ISBN:
1283210673
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9781283210676
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9780812200195
Serie:
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Inhalt:
"All the contributions are interesting and, from their own different perspectives, throw light on the different aspects of the vexed question of human rights."--Political Studies.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I. General Issues of a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights -- 1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- 2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights -- 3. Making a Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand: Thoughts on Human Rights in the People's Republic of China -- 4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights -- Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation -- 5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory: Personalist-Communitarian Perspectives -- 6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism -- 7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights -- Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on Human Rights -- 8. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Rights -- 9. Aboriginal Communities, Aboriginal Rights, and the Human Rights System in Canada -- 10. Political Culture and Gross Human Rights Violations in Latin America -- 11. Custom Is Not a Thing, It Is a Path: Reflections on the Brazilian Indian Case -- 12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia -- 13. Considering Gender: Are Human Rights for Women, Too? An Australian Case -- 14. Right to Self-Determination: A Basic Human Right Concerning Cultural Survival. The Case of the Sami and the Scandinavian State -- Section IV. Prospects for a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights -- 15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights: The Cases of Liberalism and Marxism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Anmerkung:
Essays first presented at the conference held at the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, in October 1989
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First published in hardback: 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-461) and index
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Section I. General Issues of a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights""; ""1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment""; ""2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights""; ""3. Making a Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand: Thoughts on Human Rights in the People's Republic of China""; ""4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights""
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""Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation""""5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory: Personalist-Communitarian Perspectives""; ""6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism""; ""7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights""; ""Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on Human Rights""; ""8. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Rights""; ""9. Aboriginal Communities, Aboriginal Rights, and the Human Rights System in Canada""
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""10. Political Culture and Gross Human Rights Violations in Latin America""""11. Custom Is Not a Thing, It Is a Path: Reflections on the Brazilian Indian Case""; ""12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia""; ""13. Considering Gender: Are Human Rights for Women, Too? An Australian Case""; ""14. Right to Self-Determination: A Basic Human Right Concerning Cultural Survival. The Case of the Sami and the Scandinavian State""; ""Section IV. Prospects for a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights""
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""15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights: The Cases of Liberalism and Marxism""""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1283210657
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812215687
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives : A Quest for Concensus
Sprache:
Englisch
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Naʿīm, ʿAbdallāh Aḥmad an- 1946-
