The book sets out to interrogate and challenge many of the
distinctions drawn in the human rights discourse; but it also
highlights and critiques the different and incomplete ways in which
legal philosophers and international lawyers see human rights.
These issues are dealt with by some of the leading - and most
readable - authors in the field.' - Christof Heyns, University of
Pretoria, South Africa and UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial,
summary or arbitrary executions'This volume will make a lasting
contribution to how we address the dilemmas that human rights
theory and practice encounter - for instance, between democracy and
human rights, negative and positive rights, or individual and group
rights. Philosophers have become indispensable to lawyers'
arguments about why human rights matter, and how they must be
interpreted: this book superbly illustrates why.' - Olivier De
Schutter, University of Louvain, Belgium and United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the right to food Reflecting on the various
dichotomies through which human rights have traditionally been
understood, this book takes account of recent developments in both
theories of rights and in international human rights law to present
new ways of thinking about some long-standing problems. Leading
legal and political philosophers, social theorists and scholars of
international law discuss traditional dilemmas and taxonomies in
human rights theory, engaging with contemporary scholarship and
current practice. The book examines various tensions, such as those
between legal and moral rights, positive and negative rights,
universal and particular rights, and group and individual rights.
Encouraging new thinking about conventional understandings of human
rights, this book will strongly appeal to international lawyers,
legal and political philosophers, as well as graduate students and
upper-level undergraduate students in law and philosophy.
Contributors: T. Campbell, P. Emerton, D. Ivison, D. Kinley, E.
MacDonald, S. Marks, J. Mowbray, T. Pogge, W. Sadurski, J. Waldron,
N. Walker, K. Walton
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