Human rights and legal judgments. The American Story *

Human rights and legal judgments The American Story *

 

Human rights can be defined as the basic fundamental rights inherent to all human beings in any society. How these rights are made available and protected in individual countries is an area of much study and debate. Focusing on the significance of human rights in American law and politics, this book seeks to understand when, where, and how American law recognizes and responds to claims made in the name of human rights. How are they used by social movements as they advance rights claims? When are human rights claims accommodated and resisted? Do particular kinds of human rights claims have greater resonance domestically than others? What cultural and psychological factors impede the development of a human rights culture in the United States? This is an exciting and engaging volume that will appeal to a broad range of scholars, practitioners, and students interested in the study of human rights.

Index

List of ContributoTs

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Human Rights in American Law and Politics                                                                                                                   i

Austin Sarat

• Human Rights, Solitary Confinement, and Youth Justicein the United States

Cynthia Soohoo

• The Story of Environmental Justice and Race in theUnited States: International Human Rights and Equal Environmental Protection

Erika R. George

• Incorporation, Federalism, and InternationalHuman Rights

David Sloss

• Why Do International Human Rights Matter inAmerican Decisión Making?

Stephen A. Simón

Afterword: Instrumental Human Rights

William S. Brewbaker III

Index

Autor

Austin Sarat is Associate Dean of the Faculty and William Nelson Cromwell Pro­fessor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College, and Hugo L. Black Visiting Sénior Scholar, University of Alabama School of Law.

OTROS LIBROS SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOS