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Autore |
Keith Linda Camp |
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Titolo |
Political repression [[electronic resource] ] : courts and the law / / Linda Camp Keith |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 |
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1-283-89708-3 |
0-8122-0703-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights |
Pennsylvania studies in human rights |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political questions and judicial power |
Political persecution |
Human rights |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-319) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Empirical theories and studies of political repression -- The standard model of human rights -- Political repression and the role of the judiciary -- Constitutional provisions for human rights as protection against political repression -- Constitutional protections and repression when regimes are threatened -- Protecting human rights : conclusions, implications, and where we go from here. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The world seems to have reached agreement on a set of ideals regarding state human rights behavior and the appropriate institutions to promote and protect those ideals. The global script for state legitimacy calls for a written constitution or the equivalent with an embedded bill of rights, democratic processes and institutions, and increasingly, a judicial check on state power to protect human rights. While the progress toward universal formal adherence to this global model is remarkable, Linda Camp Keith argues that the substantive meaning of this progress is much less clear. In Political Repression, she seeks to answer two key questions: Why do states make formal commitments to democratic processes and human rights? What effect do these commitments have on actual state behavior, especially political repression?The book begins with a thorough exploration of a |
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