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The Jurisprudence of Human Rights Law: A Comparative Interpretive Approach - Hardcover

Scheinin, Martin; Rosas, Allan

 
9789521205934: The Jurisprudence of Human Rights Law: A Comparative Interpretive Approach

Synopsis

Presents opinions by human rights experts on rulings regarding important issues by various national, regional, and international courts and tribunals. Each essay uses material from a variety of jurisdictions and compares the outcomes of, and reasoning by, constitutional or supreme courts and international human rights courts. Issues discussed include the death penalty, indigenous land rights, assisted suicide, and Holocaust denial and freedom of expression. Orlin teaches public law at Utica College and is a human rights attorney. Distributed by Syracuse University Press. Co-published with the Institute for Human Rights. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Theodore S. Orlin is a professor of public law at Utica College and is a human rights attorney.

Allan Rosas is principal legal advisor at the Legal Service of the European Commission in Belgium.

Martin Scheinin is director of the Institute for Human Rights at Abo University in Finland and is on the Human Rights Committee for the United Nations.

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