International law and normative unity

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Term papers   |   05/08/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « If massive violations of human rights are a shocking come states act as if human beings living in between sovereignty and normative unity in international law. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. A legal system based on the concept of sovereignty. International law as the expression of the sovereignty of states. International law and sovereignty preservation. The case of normative unity. Competences and sovereignty. Normative...»

What are human rights and what place have discussions on human rights found in international relations?

Political science   |   International relations   |   Term papers   |   01/13/2009   |   .doc   |   8 pages
Document abstract : « Each of these three periods corresponds to a given step towards the consecration of the concept of Human Rights by international law, the international ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The almost non-existent place of Human Rights in International Relations from the birth of the discipline to 1985.. The ambiguous relations between international liberalism and Human Rights.. The fall of international liberalism, the...»

The United States and international religious freedom

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   01/25/2007   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « Freedom Act of 1998 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966 Essays Law and religion ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Examining the concept of religious freedom. The religious expression in the world's societies . A unilateralist policy . Conclusion. Bibliography....»

Human Rights and Universality

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Term papers   |   11/16/2001   |   .doc   |   13 pages
Document abstract : « they argue either that the UDHR is now part of customary international law, due to its to the open-ended provision of the UN Charter on Human Rights and hence ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The UDHR: Western conception of human rights . Human rights: A western invention. Human rights as opposed to duties and collective mechanisms. The accusation of cultural imperialism. The issue of the hierarchy of rights within the...»

Consider the extent to which international law is law, or ‘really law' or ‘law properly so-called' with reference to legal and other theorists

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   01/21/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « International law seen as a set of purely normative human rights is not really law because such rights cannot replace the institutions that are needed to ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Positivist views on international law.. The rise and fall of the predominant paradigm.. From Bentham's introduction to the principles of morals and legislation to H.L.A. Hart's the concept of law.. Consequences of modernity on...»

US Foreign Policy and international law

Law & contracts   |   International law   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « of violations of basic human rights, of international conventions and even of rights provided by prisoners have right under international law (especially the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Using international law when it serves US interests.. US policy towards Iran and North Korea.. War against Iraq and Afghanistan.. Frustrating multilateral rulemaking.. Kyoto Protocol.. Unsigning the ICC Rome Statute.. Overriding...»

The universal human rights concept has its roots in western political thought, so can we say that it applies to all human beings?

Political science   |   Social sciences   |   Presentation   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « claimed through centuries] on an international level of the various sources of human rights theory, but individual rights are preferred to collective rights). ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Human beings' want to claim their rights as a will to liberate themselves.. Magna Carta: A text preventing men from being punished without legal reasons.. Declaration of Human Rights and of Citizens. . It's universal character.. The...»

Human Rights in China since the Tiannemen incident in 1989

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Term papers   |   05/17/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « 1990's, China realized its international concessions to the UN human rights regime and modified its domestic system. It started with the criminal law and then ...»

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Of what do international relations consist? In what ways does it affect the behaviour of states?

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   05/21/2008   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « There is an ambiguous and confusing relation in international law today between the rights of citizenship, on the one hand, and universal human rights, on the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. This definitions of international law. The sources of international law . The theoretical scope. Conclusion. Bibliography ....»

The universal human rights concept and its roots in Western political thought

Philosophy & literature   |   Humanities/philosophy   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   4 pages
Document abstract : « of torture. The official doctrine underlying the international law of human rights is that it is in principle universal. It does ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The cultural relativist model.. Community: Basic social unit.. The book Human rights and International Relations.. The doctrine of cultural relativism.. China's focus on community and obligations.. The claim that human rights are...»

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