In Defence of Principles: NGOs and Human Rights in Canada - Rilegato

Thompson, Andrew S.

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ISBN 10: 0774818611 ISBN 13: 9780774818612

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Since 9/11 and the onset of the “war on terror,” the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. This book sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making. The struggles of these NGOs reveal not only the fragility but also the resilience of ideas about rights in liberal democracies.

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Since 9/11 and the onset of the "war on terror," the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. This book sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making. The struggles of these NGOs reveal not only the fragility but also the resilience of ideas about rights in liberal democracies.

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• Editore: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0774818611
• ISBN 13: 9780774818612
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 203
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile