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Summary:

International human rights law has emerged as an academic subject in its own right, separate from, but still related to international law. This book explains the distinctive nature of this discipline by examining the influence of the idea of human rights on general international law. Rather than make use of a particular moral philosophy or political theory, it explains human rights by examining the way the term is deployed in legal practice, on the understanding that words are given meaning through their use. Relying on complexity theory to make sense of the legal practice of the United Nations, the core human rights treaties, and customary international law, the work demonstrates the emergence of the moral concept of human rights as a fact of the social world. It reveals the dynamic nature of this concept, and the influence of the idea on the legal practice, a fact that explains the fragmentation of international law and special nature of international human rights law.

Table of Contents:

• What we mean when we talk about 'human rights'
• Complexity as a methodology in international law
• United Nations human rights law
• The core UN human rights treaty system
• Customary human rights law
• On the idea of human rights
• The idea of international human rights law.

Author/Creator:

Wheatley, Steven , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The idea of international human rights law [by Wheatley, S.]

Subjects:

Human rights

International law and human rights

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

K3240 .W4425 2019eb

ISBNs:

9780191066863 (electronic bk.)
0191066869 (electronic bk.)
9780198749844 [Invalid]
0198749848 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1034562234

Other Control Numbers:

EBC5637276 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp15991111