Engaging the political and jurisprudential thought on constituent power with a radical political re-thinking of human rights, this title develops the idea that human rights must be considered as a non-metaphysical process of 'right-ing'. It discusses both the classical theory of constituent power and its contemporary conceptualization. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; LA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468. . 2011. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Human Rights and Constituent Power: Without Model or Warranty
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415584973
ISBN 13: 9780415584975
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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With the emergence of modern human rights in the Universal Declaration, what remained of a radical political potential of the discourse withdrew: statism and individualism became its authorised foundations and the possibilities of other human rights traditions were denied. The strife that once lay at the heart of human rights was forgotten in an increasing juridification. This book seeks to recover the radical political pole of human rights. It looks to the debates surrounding constituent power – the ‘power of the people’ – in order to understand different possibilities for the discourse. Using continental political philosophy and critical legal theory, Human Rights and Constituent Power presents a very different conception of human rights, more at home on the riotous streets than in courtrooms and parliaments.

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