The Legitimacy of International Human Rights Regimes

Legal, Political and Philosophical Perspectives
Herausgeber: Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir; Schaffer, Johan Karlsson

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9781107034600
• ISBN-10: 1107034604
• Artikelnr.: 38613564

Inhaltsangabe

1. International human rights and the challenge of legitimacy Johan
Karlsson Schaffer, Andreas Føllesdal 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 Bäak Çal¿; 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 Føllesdal.