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Ending Discrimination: Positive Approaches For Government, Florence V. Lucas
Ending Discrimination: Positive Approaches For Government, Florence V. Lucas
The Catholic Lawyer
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A Further Step Toward Protection Of Migration Family Rights, Dr. T. Stark
A Further Step Toward Protection Of Migration Family Rights, Dr. T. Stark
The Catholic Lawyer
No abstract provided.
Problems Of Perception In The European Court Of Human Rights: A Matter Of Evidence?, Haydn Davies, Anne Richardson Oakes
Problems Of Perception In The European Court Of Human Rights: A Matter Of Evidence?, Haydn Davies, Anne Richardson Oakes
Journal of International and Comparative Law
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Restoring Separation Of Powers In Foreign Affairs, Martin S. Flaherty
Restoring Separation Of Powers In Foreign Affairs, Martin S. Flaherty
Journal of International and Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Of Human Dignities, Mark L. Movsesian
Of Human Dignities, Mark L. Movsesian
Faculty Publications
This paper, written for a symposium on the 50th anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae, the Catholic Church’s declaration on religious freedom, explores the conception of human dignity in international human rights law. I argue that, notwithstanding a surface consensus, no generally accepted conception of human dignity exists in contemporary human rights law. Radically different understandings compete against one another and prevent agreement on crucial issues. For example, the Catholic Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation favor objective understandings which, although they differ among themselves, all tie dignity to external factors beyond personal choice. By contrast, many …