Human Rights

by Henkin, Louis; Neuman, Gerald L.; Orentlicher, Diane F.; Leebron, David W.; Henkin, Louis

• ISBN13: 9781566627542
• ISBN10: 1566627540
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: West Academic

Summary

This study of human rights covers both international and domestic contexts. The arrangement of the book's materials allows teachers to omit, condense or reorder as needed. U.S. materials help explore the basic conceptual issues, including domestic legal remedies to protect international rights. The book covers remedies provided by the major international human rights instruments and the role of non-legal institutions.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Table of Cases	xxxix
PART I. HUMAN RIGHTS: IDEA AND IDEOLOGY	1	(116)
The Human Rights Idea	2	(71)
The Western Individual Rights Tradition	16	(28)
Alternative Western Conceptions of the Good Society	44	(16)
Human Rights and Competing Ideas	60	(13)
The Triumph of Human Rights After the Second World War	73	(44)
Contemporary Justifications of Human Rights	74	(5)
Human Rights: Theory and Content	79	(13)
Contemporary Critiques of Human Rights	92	(25)
PART II. HUMAN RIGHTS IN NATIONAL LAW: THE UNITED STATES	117	(156)
Constitutional Rights: Theory and History	120	(116)
Antecedents: Individual Rights Before the U.S. Constitution	120	(14)
Theory of Constitutional Rights in the United States	134	(22)
Rights Protected by the U.S. Constitution	156	(10)
Constitutional Rights---Two Hundred Years Later	166	(28)
Limitations on Rights	194	(30)
Rights Beyond National Borders	224	(12)
Rights Under Federal Law and Under State Constitutions	236	(15)
Rights Under Federal Law	236	(2)
Rights Under State Constitutions	238	(13)
Remedies Under U.S. Law for Violations of Rights	251	(22)
Rights and Remedies: General Principles	251	(4)
Enforcement and Remedies: Judicial Review and Its Limitations	255	(9)
Civil and Criminal Enforcement of Rights Under U.S. Law	264	(9)
PART III. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS	273	(610)
The International Human Rights Movement	274	(21)
The Internationalization of Human Rights: Antecedents, History, and Theory	276	(10)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights	286	(9)
The International Law of Human Rights	295	(194)
Introduction: International Law in General: Character and Sources	295	(25)
Principal International Human Rights Agreements and Instruments	320	(10)
Selected International Conventions	330	(8)
Regional Human Rights Arrangements	338	(11)
Customary Law of Human Rights and Nonbinding Human Rights Regimes	349	(9)
The Human Rights of Women	358	(47)
Human Rights of Persons Between States: International Instruments Relating to Refugees	405	(21)
Beyond Individual Rights	426	(63)
Implementation of Human Rights	489	(281)
Implementation of International Convenants and Conventions by Treaty Bodies	491	(32)
Regional Arrangements	523	(85)
International Criminal Law	608	(57)
Implementation by International Adjudication: The International Court of Justice	665	(19)
International Political Implementation and Enforcement---The United Nations	684	(53)
Implementation by Non-Governmental Organizations	737	(33)
International Human Rights Obligations of the United States	770	(113)
United States Adherence to Human Rights Treaties	783	(11)
Judicial Enforcement of International Human Rights Obligations of the United States	794	(17)
U.S. Enforcement of International Human Rights Law Against Foreign Violators	811	(72)
PART IV. SELECTED RIGHTS COMPARED	883	(326)
Civil Rights	885	(180)
The Right to Life, and Capital Punishment	886	(36)
Autonomy and Privacy	922	(60)
Freedom of Expression	982	(43)
Equality, Non-discrimination and Affirmative Action	1025	(40)
Political Rights	1065	(41)
Economic and Social Rights	1106	(103)
Economic and Social Rights as Rights	1107	(11)
Rights to Property and Freedom of Enterprise	1118	(31)
Social Welfare Rights	1149	(31)
The Right to Education	1180	(29)
Epilogue	1209	(12)
Index	1221