Defining rights and wrongs : bureaucracy, human rights, and public accountability / / Rosanna L. Langer

• Autore: Langer Rosanna L (Rosanna Lillian), <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 191 p
• Disciplina: 353.4/80971
• Soggetto topico: Human rights - Canada; Human rights - Ontario; Complaints (Administrative procedure) - Ontario; Complaints (Administrative procedure) - Canada; Administrative agencies - Canada
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-185) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- An Overview of Public Administration of Human Rights Enforcement in Canada -- The Roles of Frontline Staff and Independent Lawyers in the Public Administration of Human Rights Enforcement -- Transforming Human Rights Complaints into Cases -- Publics, Counterpublics, and the Public Interest -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Human rights complaints attract a great deal of public interest, but what is going on below the surface? When people contact a human rights lawyer, how do they think about and use human rights discourse? How are complaints turned into cases? Can administrative systems be both effective and fair? Defining Rights and Wrongs investigates the day-to-day practices of low-level officials and intermediaries as they construct domestic human rights complaints. It identifies the values that a human rights system should uphold if it is to promote mutual respect and foster the personal dignity and equal rights of citizens.
• Titolo autorizzato: Defining rights and wrongs
• ISBN: 1-282-59359-5; 9786612593598; 0-7748-5587-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824674903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)