1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462419603321

Autore

Bishop Cheryl Ann <1964->

Titolo

Access to information as a human right [[electronic resource] /] / Cheryl Ann Bishop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-59332-505-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Law and society

Disciplina

342.08/53

Soggetti

Freedom of information

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Freedom-of-expression conceptualization -- Information-privacy conceptualization -- Right-to-a-healthy-environment conceptualization -- Right-to-truth conceptualization -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Conceptualizing access to government information as a human right is a new development in the global trend promoting institutional transparency. Bishop provides a comprehensive examination of international human rights law and explains four conceptualizations of access to information as a human right. Rights to information have been linked to the right to free expression, the right to privacy, and the right to a healthy environment, and the right to the truth about human rights abuses. She concludes that a human right to access information is evolving in disparate ways. The current evolution o



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910527930603321

Autore

Berger David <1943->

Titolo

The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the scandal of orthodox indifference : with a new introduction / / David Berger [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, , 2008

ISBN

1-78962-335-9

1-78694-989-X

Edizione

[[New edition] /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xliv, 195 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Liverpool scholarship online

Disciplina

296.3/36

Soggetti

Messiah - Judaism - History of doctrines - 20th century

Habad

Eschatology, Jewish

Orthodox Judaism - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Nov 2019).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a history, an indictment, a lament, and an appeal, focusing on the messianic trend in Lubavitch hasidism. It records the shattering of one of Judaism's core beliefs and the remarkable equanimity with which the standard-bearers of Orthodoxy have allowed it to happen. This is a development of striking importance for the history of religions, and it is an earthquake inthe history of Judaism. David Berger describes the unfolding of this historic phenomenon and proposes a strategy to contain it.