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Uses And Misuses Of Comparative Law In International Human Rights: Some Reflections On The Jurisprudence Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Paolo G. Carozza Jul 1998

Uses And Misuses Of Comparative Law In International Human Rights: Some Reflections On The Jurisprudence Of The European Court Of Human Rights, Paolo G. Carozza

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Virtually all of Mary Ann Glendon's work can be seen as part of a persistent effort to open some windows in the edifice of American law and allow cross-currents of foreign experience to blow fresh insight into the rooms of our republic. In her critique of contemporary strains of rights discourse in the United States, she makes the case against American insularity quite directly: "In closing our own eyes and ears to the development of rights ideas elsewhere, our most grievous loss is ... the kind of assistance ... that can be gained from observing the successes and failures of …


Legal Reform: Reviewing Human Rights In The Muslim World, Azizah Y. Al-Hibri Jan 1998

Legal Reform: Reviewing Human Rights In The Muslim World, Azizah Y. Al-Hibri

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Muslims take spirituality very seriously and would be willing to put up with a great deal of pain and suffering rather than abandon this fundamental disposition. Additionally, many Muslims have an intuitive belief that it is not religion which is at fault, but those in power. Consequently, they continue to search for the spiritually acceptable solution. In the meantime, Western NGOs offer no more than lightly-modified Western secular solutions, sometimes thinly disguised with religious rhetoric.


Looking Past The Human Rights Committee: An Argument For De-Marginalizing Enforcement, Makau Wa Mutua Jan 1998

Looking Past The Human Rights Committee: An Argument For De-Marginalizing Enforcement, Makau Wa Mutua

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Customary International Law, S. James Anaya Jan 1998

Customary International Law, S. James Anaya

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Fundamental Rights, Moral Law, And The Legal Defense Of Life In A Constitutional Democracy, Martin Rhonheimer, Paolo G. Carozza Jan 1998

Fundamental Rights, Moral Law, And The Legal Defense Of Life In A Constitutional Democracy, Martin Rhonheimer, Paolo G. Carozza

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Article by Martin Rhonheimer, translated by Paolo G. Carozza.