Community and Collective Rights: A Theoretical Framework for Rights Held by Groups: 2 (Law and Practical Reason) - Hardcover

Dwight Newman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841132284 ISBN 13: 9781841132280

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

This book presents an argument for the existence of moral rights held by groups and a resulting account of how to reconcile group rights with individual rights and with the rights of other groups.  Throughout, the author shows applications to actual legal and political controversies, thus tying the normative theory to actual legal practice.  The author presents collective moral rights as an underlying normative explanation for various legal norms protecting group rights in domestic and international legal contexts.  Examples at issue include rights held by indigenous peoples, by trade unions, and by religious and cultural minority groups.  The account also bears on contemporary discussions of multiculturalism and recognition, on debates about reasonable accommodation of minority communities, and on claims for third generation human rights.  The book will thus be relevant both to theorists and to legal and human rights practitioners interested in related areas.

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About the Author

Dwight Newman is a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841132284
• ISBN 13: 9781841132280
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260