Challenging Human Rights Violations: Using International Law in U.S. Courts
Published on 1. April 2001
Book
Hardback
292 pages
978-1-57105-167-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book guides civil rights lawyers-and informs judges, legislators, and academics-in the effective use of international law in U.S. federal and state cases.
The author highlights many concrete areas in which international law can enhance human rights protection both in the U.S. and abroad, such as:
* Death penalty
* Lethal force by police and military authorities
* Extraterritorial privacy protection
* Gay and lesbian rights
* Government liability for foreseeable harm
* Compensation for unintentional false imprisonment.
This eminently practical approach-based on model briefs developed for and used by leading U.S. civil rights lawyers and organizations-presents an extremely rare treatment of international human rights law.
Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
The author highlights many concrete areas in which international law can enhance human rights protection both in the U.S. and abroad, such as:
* Death penalty
* Lethal force by police and military authorities
* Extraterritorial privacy protection
* Gay and lesbian rights
* Government liability for foreseeable harm
* Compensation for unintentional false imprisonment.
This eminently practical approach-based on model briefs developed for and used by leading U.S. civil rights lawyers and organizations-presents an extremely rare treatment of international human rights law.
Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57105-167-7 (9781571051677)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Professor Francisco Forrest Martin is the Ariel F. Sallows Professor in Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law and the founder and president of Rights International.
Content
The sources and authority of international law; federal and state jurisdiction over and private causes of action for violations of international human rights law; rights to life, humane treatment, liberty and personal security, and prohibitions of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity; due process rights; freedom of expression; rights to privacy; freedom from discrimination; right to a remedy - providing compensation for unintentional false imprisonment.