The International Law of Human Rights: The International Law of Human Rights
1st Edition
Published on 28. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
688 pages
978-0-19-556880-6 (ISBN)
Description
The International Law of Human Rights provides a comprehensive overview of the concepts and theories of human rights, the institutions, instruments and implementation structures for protecting human rights, and the contemporary challenges of human rights law.
Author commentary and examples illuminate a range of primary and secondary materials to rigorously cover the breadth of human rights law in a way that is interesting and engaging for all readers.
Author commentary and examples illuminate a range of primary and secondary materials to rigorously cover the breadth of human rights law in a way that is interesting and engaging for all readers.
Reviews / Votes
The authors of iThe International Law of Human Rightsr have not re-imagined the tradition of international human rights law teaching, but have written into that tradition a distinctive and refreshing accentcan accent likely to be comprehensible across a diversity of comparative contexts. * Fleur Johns, Human Rights Law Review *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Australia
Target group
College/higher education
International Human Rights Law is a popular elective subject offered as part of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in law.
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
10 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-556880-6 (9780195568806)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Adam McBeth is the Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and a Lecturer within the Faculty of Law at Monash University.
Justine Nolan is a Senior Lecturer, within the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales.
Simon Rice is an Associate Professor, and Director of Law Reform and Social Justice within the College of Law at Australian National University.
Justine Nolan is a Senior Lecturer, within the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales.
Simon Rice is an Associate Professor, and Director of Law Reform and Social Justice within the College of Law at Australian National University.
Content
PART 1 INTRODUCING HUMAN RIGHTS; PART 2 THE SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS; PART 3 THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK; PART 4 AUSTRALIA; PART 5 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; PART 6 VULNERABLE PEOPLE; PART 7 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW