Toward a theory of human rights :
Perry, Michael J.
Toward a theory of human rights : religion, law, courts / electronic resource Michael J. Perry. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xiii, 253 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The morality of human rights -- The morality of human rights : a religious ground -- The morality of human rights : a nonreligious ground? -- From morality to law -- Capital punishment -- Abortion -- Same-sex unions -- Protecting human rights in a democracy : what role for the courts? -- How should the Supreme Court rule? -- Capital punishment, abortion, and same-sex unions.
The morality of human rights - which holds that each and every human being has inherent dignity and is inviolable - has become the dominant morality of our time. Yet neither the morality of human rights nor its relation to the law of human rights is well understood. Toward a Theory of Human Rights makes a significant contribution both to human rights studies and to constitutional theory.
0521865514 (hardback) 9780521865517 9780521684224 (pbk.) 0521684226 (pbk.)
2006004940
Human rights.
Justice.
JC571 / .P4215 2007
323.01
Toward a theory of human rights : religion, law, courts / electronic resource Michael J. Perry. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xiii, 253 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The morality of human rights -- The morality of human rights : a religious ground -- The morality of human rights : a nonreligious ground? -- From morality to law -- Capital punishment -- Abortion -- Same-sex unions -- Protecting human rights in a democracy : what role for the courts? -- How should the Supreme Court rule? -- Capital punishment, abortion, and same-sex unions.
The morality of human rights - which holds that each and every human being has inherent dignity and is inviolable - has become the dominant morality of our time. Yet neither the morality of human rights nor its relation to the law of human rights is well understood. Toward a Theory of Human Rights makes a significant contribution both to human rights studies and to constitutional theory.
0521865514 (hardback) 9780521865517 9780521684224 (pbk.) 0521684226 (pbk.)
2006004940
Human rights.
Justice.
JC571 / .P4215 2007
323.01