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The Idea of International Human Rights Law
What is international human rights law? This question is addressed in this volume as Steven Wheatley explores how different types of human rights - moral, political, and legal - should be understood and considers how the complex systems theory of human rights can help to resolve current human rights controversies.
| Author(s) | By Steven Wheatley (Professor of International Law, Professor of International Law, University of Lancaster). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 230 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Availability | Available |
What is international human rights law? This question is addressed in this volume as Steven Wheatley explores how different types of human rights - moral, political, and legal - should be understood and considers how the complex systems theory of human rights can help to resolve current human rights controversies.
Introduction 1: What we Mean when we Talk about 'Human Rights' 2: Complexity as a Methodology in International Law 3: United Nations Human Rights Law 4: The Core UN Human Rights Treaty Systems 5: Customary Human Rights Law 6: On the Idea of Human Ri
Steven Wheatley is Professor of International Law at the University of Lancaster. He has written extensively on the subject of human rights, including Democracy, Minorities and International Law (CUP, 2005) and The Democratic Legitimacy of International L
