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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806203203321

Titolo

Law, politics and rights : essays in memory of Kader Asmal / / edited by Tiyanjana Maluwa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, , 2014

ISBN

90-04-24900-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AsmalKader

MaluwaTiyanjana

Disciplina

323.096

Soggetti

Human rights - Africa

Human rights

International law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Human rights, democracy and international criminal justice in Africa -- part II. Human rights, the constitution, governance and public interest litigation in South Africa and Ireland -- part three. Right to self-determination, cultural diversity and the politics of international law-making and solidarity.

Sommario/riassunto

Law, Politics and Rights: Essays in Memory of Kader Asmal presents critical perspectives on various inter-related themes in the areas of human rights, constitutionalism, democracy, international law, political and cultural rights and identity. The discussions reflect the wide-ranging interests and subjects that Kader Asmal engaged with as a legal scholar, human rights campaigner and politician of international renown throughout his life. Kader Asmal is perhaps best known for his political career as one of the most senior members of the African National Congress and a government minister in post-apartheid South Africa. Less well known to the general public is his equally immense contribution to international human rights law and policy, recognised with the award of the Prix UNESCO in 1983, through more than three decades of an international academic career and legal activism. This book is a reminder of the enduring relevance of the issues and causes he espoused and advocated. Contributors include: John Dugard,



Richard Harvey, Federico Lenzerini, Tiyanjana Maluwa, Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Nsongurua Udombana, Muna Ndulo, Albie Sachs, Max du Plessis, Nico Steytler, Gerard Whyte, and Abdulqawi Yusuf.