Making Human Dignity Central to International Human Rights Law : A Critical Legal Argument Hardback
by Matthew McManus
Part of the International Law series
Hardback
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In recent years, there has been an explosion of writing on the topic of human dignity across a plethora of different academic disciplines.
Despite this explosion of interest, there is one group - critical legal scholars - that has devoted little if any attention to human dignity.
This book argues that these scholars should attend to human dignity, a concept rich enough to support a whole range of progressive ambitions, particularly in the field of international law.
This book synthesizes certain liberal arguments about the good of self-authorship with the critical legal philosophy of Roberto Unger and the capabilities approach to agency of Amartya Sen, to formulate a unique conception of human dignity.
The author argues how human dignity flows from an individual's capacity for self-authorship as defined by the set of expressive capabilities s/he possesses, and the book demonstrates how this conception can enrich our understanding of international human rights law by making the amplification of human dignity its fundamental orientation.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, No
- Publisher:University of Wales Press
- Publication Date:15/10/2019
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- ISBN:9781786834645
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, No
- Publisher:University of Wales Press
- Publication Date:15/10/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781786834645
