TY - BOOK AU - Perry,Michael J. TI - Toward a theory of human rights: religion, law, courts SN - 0521865514 (hardback) AV - JC571 .P4215 2007 U1 - 323.01 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Human rights KW - Justice N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://portal.knchr.org/Library/My%20eBooks/Toward%20theory%20human%20rights.pdf ER -