The legitimacy of international human rights regimes : legal, political and philosophical perspectives /

The legitimacy of international human rights regimes : legal, political and philosophical perspectives / editors, Andreas Føllesdal, Johan Karlsson Schaffer, and Geir Ulfstein. - 1 online resource - Studies on human rights conventions . - Studies on human rights conventions. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

International human rights and the challenge of legitimacy / Johan Karlsson Schaffer, Andreas Føllesdal & Geir Ulfstein -- The legitimate authority of international human rights : on the reciprocal legitimation of domestic and international human rights / Samantha Besson -- On the legitimate authority of international human rights bodies / Steven Wheatley -- Equality, human rights, and political legitimacy / Kristen Hessler -- The legitimacy of international interpretive authorities for human rights treaties : an indirect-instrumentalist defence / Başak Çali -- Torture and the politics of legitimation in international law / Ian Hurd -- Legitimacy, institutional power, and international human rights institutions : a conceptual enquiry / Lynn Dobson -- Legitimacy, global governance and human rights institutions : inverting the puzzle / Johan Karlsson Schaffer -- The democratic legitimacy of international human rights conventions : political constitutionalism and the Hirst case / Richard Bellamy -- Much ado about nothing? : international judicial review of human rights in well-functioning democracies / Andreas Føllesdal.

Traverses the disciplines of law, political philosophy and international relations in assessing the normative legitimacy of international human rights regimes.

9781139540827 (electronic bk.) 1139540823 (electronic bk.) 9781107465039 1107465036 9781107472136 (electronic bk.) 110747213X (electronic bk.) 9781461950615 (electronic bk.) 1461950619 (electronic bk.)


Human rights.
Effectiveness and validity of law.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Effectivité et validité du droit.
LAW--International.
Effectiveness and validity of law.
Human rights.


Electronic books.

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