Human rights transformed : positive rights and positive duties

Human rights are traditionally understood as protecting individual freedom against intrusion by the State. This title argues instead that human rights are based on a richer view of freedom, going beyond absence of coercion and focussing on the ability to exercise freedom.

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Fredman, Sandra
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
Human rights are traditionally understood as protecting individual freedom against intrusion by the State. This title argues instead that human rights are based on a richer view of freedom, going beyond absence of coercion and focussing on the ability to exercise freedom.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxiii, 261 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
ISBN:
0-19-170981-6
Schlagworte:
Human rights.
Judicial power.
Due process of law.
Justice, Administration of.
Equality before the law.
Judges.
Courts.
Law, Politics & Government
Human Rights
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