Keane, David; McDermott, Yvonne --- "The Challenge of Human Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) [2012] ELECD 778

Editor(s): Keane, David; McDermott, Yvonne

Title: The Challenge of Human Rights

Sub-title: Past, Present and Future

Topics: Human Rights; Law and Society

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 31 August 2012

Number of pages: 352

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857939005

EISBN: 9780857939012

Abstract/Description:

The Challenge of Human Rights takes a detailed and exploratory approach to topics across the field of human rights, and seeks to map a path for future research and policy development.

It examines contemporary approaches to established rights, such as the right to peace and the protection against double jeopardy, while also revisiting overlooked or forgotten rights and concepts such as slavery, apartheid and the right to resist, determining the optimal place for those rights in today’s world. The contributing authors outline lacunae in human rights law where rights could be established, from voting rights for under-18s to rights for the dead to cultural and intellectual property rights, and also apply completely new approaches to questions that have troubled human rights advocates for decades.

This innovative book will be essential reading for researchers and practitioners of human rights law, political scientists, historians, and others who have a general interest in the future trajectory of human rights.