The Legitimacy of International Human Rights Regimes
Legal, Political and Philosophical Perspectives
Published on 30. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
322 pages
978-1-316-50060-6 (ISBN)
Description
The past sixty years have seen an expansion of international human rights conventions and supervisory organs, not least in Europe. While these international legal instruments have enlarged their mandate, they have also faced opposition and criticism from political actors at the state level, even in well-functioning democracies. Against the backdrop of such contestations, this book brings together prominent scholars in law, political philosophy and international relations in order to address the legitimacy of international human rights regimes as a theoretically challenging and politically salient case of international authority. It provides a unique and thorough overview of the legitimacy problems involved in the global governance of human rights.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
469 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-316-50060-6 (9781316500606)
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Andreas Follesdal | Johan Karlsson Schaffer | Geir Ulfstein
The Legitimacy of International Human Rights Regimes
Legal, Political and Philosophical Perspectives
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10/2013
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Persons
Andreas Follesdal is Professor of Political Philosophy at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway. Johan Karlsson Schaffer is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Norway. Geir Ulfstein is Professor of International Law at the Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo, Norway.
Content
1. International human rights and the challenge of legitimacy Johan Karlsson Schaffer, Andreas Follesdal and Geir Ulfstein; 2. The legitimate authority of international human rights: on the reciprocal legitimation of domestic and international human rights Samantha Besson; 3. On the legitimate authority of international human rights bodies Steven Wheatley; 4. Equality, human rights, and political legitimacy Kristen Hessler; 5. The legitimacy of international interpretive authorities for human rights treaties: an indirect-instrumentalist defence Basak Cali; 6. Torture and the politics of legitimation in international law Ian Hurd; 7. Legitimacy, institutional power, and international human rights institutions: a conceptual enquiry Lynn Dobson; 8. Legitimacy, global governance and human rights institutions: inverting the puzzle Johan Karlsson Schaffer; 9. The democratic legitimacy of international human rights conventions: political constitutionalism and the Hirst case Richard Bellamy; 10. Much ado about nothing? International judicial review of human rights in well-functioning democracies Andreas Follesdal.