Francesca Klug

A Magna Carta for all Humanity

Homing in on Human Rights

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has become a byword for basic liberties.When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt called it a Magna Carta for all humankind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780415423731
• ISBN-10: 0415423732
• Artikelnr.: 42470808

Autorenporträt

Francesca Klug is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics and has researched, written and lectured on human rights for 25 years. She is a former Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission and advised on the model for incorporating the European Convention on Human Rights reflected in the UK's Human Rights Act.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION: The Magna Carta: marvel or myth?
SECTION ONE: HUMAN RIGHTS: A TIME TRAVELLERS' GUIDE. 1. First stop: in
search of British values. 2. Fast -forward to the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. 3. Exploring the Human Rights Ethic. 4. The meaning of
'universal'. 5. Conclusion: inspiration or foundation? Section One
Anthology of other work by the author.
SECTION TWO: WHEN UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS HIT HOME: THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
CONTROVERSY UNCUT. 6. The disputed parentage of the ECHR. 7. On the road to
the HRA. 8. Principles and values. 9. Critiques and Controversies. 10. Back
to the future? 11. Conclusion: Human Rights: endgame or lit flame? Section
Two Anthology of other work by the author.