Comparative human rights law

Comparative human rights law / Sandra Fredman.

Courts in different jurisdictions face similar human rights questions. Does the death penalty breach human rights? Does freedom of speech include racist speech? Is there a right to health? This text uses the prism of comparative law to examine the fascinating ways in which these difficult questions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fredman, Sandra (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Human rights.
Comparative law.
Comparative law
Human rights
International law.
Law.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreign fads or fashions : the role of comparativism in human rights law
  • What is a human right? : dealing with disagreement
  • Challenging the divide : socio-economic rights as human rights
  • Allies or subversives? : adjudication and democracy
  • Interpreting human rights law
  • Capital punishment
  • Abortion
  • The right to health
  • The rights to housing
  • Freedom of speech
  • The right to education
  • Freedom of religion.

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