1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467911903321

Titolo

Harry E. Schwarz and the development of water resources and environmental planning : planning methods in an era of challenge and change / / edited with an introduction and commentary by David C. Major

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria, VA : , : IWR Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-16-094166-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 442 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The Maass-White library series in water planning and management

Disciplina

628.1

Soggetti

Water resources development - United States - History

Water-supply - United States - Planning - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Printed and bound by the U.S. Government Printing Office.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779835803321

Autore

Haller Gret <1947->

Titolo

Human rights without democracy? [[electronic resource] ] : reconciling freedom with equality / / Gret Haller ; translated by Cynthia Klohr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2012

ISBN

0-85745-787-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KlohrCynthia

Disciplina

323

Soggetti

Human rights - Philosophy

Democracy

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 (p. [176]-184) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The prehistory and context of human rights -- First notions of human rights -- Human rights, morals, and law -- From human rights to positive law -- Human rights, the state, and democracy -- Politics and law -- The Cold War -- Moralizing human rights -- Natural right and imposed concepts of man -- Perspectives for democratic legitimacy -- Universality and regionalization -- Repercussions from the Cold War.

Sommario/riassunto

Do Human Rights truly serve the people? Should citizens themselves decide democratically of what those rights consist? Or is it a decision for experts and the courts? Gret Haller argues that Human Rights must be established democratically. Drawing on the works of political philosophers from John Locke to Immanuel Kant, she explains why, from a philosophical point of view, liberty and equality need not be mutually exclusive. She outlines the history of the concept of Human Rights, shedding light on the historical development of factual rights, and compares how Human Rights are understood in th