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Debt, Development, And Human Rights: Lessons From South Africa, Danil D. Bradlow
Debt, Development, And Human Rights: Lessons From South Africa, Danil D. Bradlow
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This paper explores the lessons to be learned from the South African debt crisis of the mid-1980s and suggests ways in which it could have been used to promote human rights changes in apartheid South Africa.
International Human Rights Law In Soviet And American Courts, Lori Fisler Damrosch
International Human Rights Law In Soviet And American Courts, Lori Fisler Damrosch
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To what extent should domestic courts apply international law – specifically the international law of human rights? I would like to examine this question with reference to two very different states: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States. For quite distinct reasons, neither of the two has yet fully embraced the idea of direct application in national tribunals of the body of international law that regulates the relationship between human beings and their own governments. As the post-Cold War era unfolds, it is time to ask whether either or both of these erstwhile adversaries might finally be …