Human Rights with Modesty The Problem of Universalism. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 2004. Hardcover. viii,382pp.

Andras Sajo;A. Sajs

ISBN 10: 9004138234 / ISBN 13: 9789004138230

Published by Springer, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Rights with Modesty The Problem of Universalism. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 2004. Hardcover. viii,382pp.
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004138234
• ISBN 13: 9789004138230
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Gebraucht / Used

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This volume considers the problem of legal universals at the level of the rule of law and human rights, which have fundamentally different pedigrees, and attempts to come to terms with the new unease arising from the universal application of human rights. Given the juridicization of human rights, rule of law and human rights expectations have become significantly intertwined: human rights are enforced with the instruments of the rule of law and are thus limited by the restricted reach thereof.
The first section of this volume considers the difficulties of universalistic claims and offers a number of possible solutions for adapting universal expectations to specific contexts. The second section considers problems of human rights politics; sections three and four present empirical studies about the appearance and disappearance of the rule of law and fundamental rights in Western and non-Western societies. Special attention is paid to the problems of developing countries, with a specific focus on past and present developments in Iran. These empirical studies indicate that the acceptance of human rights and the rule of law is historically contingent and cannot simply be considered as a matter of culture.