Human dignity and international law / / edited by Andrea Gattini, Rosana Garciandia and Philippa Webb

• Pubblicazione: Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill Nijhoff, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 220 pages)
• Disciplina: 341.48
• Soggetto topico: Respect for persons - Law and legislation
• Persona (resp. second.): GattiniAndrea; GarciandiaRosana; WebbPhilippa (Philippa Mahal)
• Nota di contenuto: Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene: 100 Years of Human Dignity -- Chapter 2 Italian International Lawyers Facing Racial Laws: the Fate of Angelo Piero Sereni and Edoardo Vitta -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Early Stages of Their Academic Careers -- 3 Leaving Italy: a Difficult Decision -- 4 Returning to Their Academic Home: Challenge and Recognition -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 3 Hersch Lauterpacht and Human Dignity -- i Introduction -- ii Phase i (1922-1943): Humanité diffuse ; Iii Phase ii (1943-1960): Humanité cristallisée -- iv Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Pure Theory of Law Amidst the Tempest: Hans Kelsen, Democracy and Human Rights -- 1 Introduction: Human Rights Enshrined in Kelsen's Systemic Theory -- 2 Human Rights as Part and Parcel of the "essence and value" of Democracy -- 3 Pure Theory of Law and the Punishment of the "most objectionable acts" -- 4 Conclusion: Kelsen's Sense of Justice -- Chapter 5 Nikolaos Politis and the Legal Status of the Individual in the International Legal Order -- 1 Individuals as Creators of International Law in Politis' Doctrine ; 2 Individuals as Objects or as Subjects of International Law in Politis' Doctrine -- 3 Individuals as Capable Subjects in the International Legal Order in Politis' Doctrine -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 6 International Institutional Protection of Human Rights: Achievements and Failures -- i Substantive Human Rights Guarantees -- ii Institutional Mechanisms -- 1 General Considerations -- 2 Monitoring by the Political Organs of the United Nations-the Early Period -- 3 The Expert Bodies within the Framework of the Core Human Rights Treaties -- iii Universal Periodic Review -- iv Conclusion ; Chapter 7 The Promise of International Criminal Justice: Achievements and Failures in Protecting Human Dignity -- 1 A Few Preliminary Remarks -- 2 The Fulfilled Promise: the Development of Substantive Law to Enhance the Protection of Human Dignity -- 2.1 The First Stage (1945-1993): Setting the Normative Process for the Protection of Human Dignity -- 2.2 The Years of Maturity: Developing and Applying the Law to Enhance the Protection of Human Dignity ; 3 The Broken Promise of International Criminal Justice: the Impossibility to Bring to Justice Incumbent Heads of States and High-Ranking State Officials -- 4 International Criminal Justice at a Crossroad: Looking Ahead -- Chapter 8 Human Dignity in International Labour Rights -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Legal Texts -- 3 Practice of International Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 The "Poor Cousins": What, If Anything, Can International Law and Lawyers Do for Social Rights? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scepticism about the Effectiveness of Human Rights ; 3 The Empirical Reality of Human Rights.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human dignity and international law
• ISBN: 90-04-43565-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794387503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II