Richard Falk

Achieving Human Rights

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Produktbeschreibung

Richard Falk once again captures our attention with a nuanced analysis of what we need to do - at the personal level as well as state actions - to refocus our pursuit of human rights in a post-9/11 world. From democratic global governance, to the costs of the Iraq War, the preeminent role of the United States in the world order to the role of individual citizens of a globalized world, Falk stresses the moral urgency of achieving human rights. In elegant simplicity, this book places the priority of such an ethos in the personal decisions we make in our human interactions, not just the activities of government institutions and non-governmental organizations. Falk masterly weaves together such topics as the Iraq War, U.S. human rights practices and abuses, humanitarian intervention, the rule of law, responses to terrorism, genocide in Bosnia, the Pinochet trial, the Holocaust, and information technology to create a moral tapestry of world order with human rights at the center.

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This book addresses similar questions as Falk's earlier Human Rights Horizons, extending the exploration of human rights discourse and practice to focus on matters of post-9/11 security issues, developments in international criminal law, the role of citizenship and democracy, and approaches from the humanities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415990158
• ISBN-10: 0415990157
• Artikelnr.: 23605625

Autorenporträt

Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University. He is currently Visiting Distinguished Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Overview 1. Toward a Necessary Utopianism: Democratic
Global Governance 2. The Power of Rights and The Rights of Power: What
Future for Human Rights 3. Orientalism and International Law Part 2:
Nurturing Global Democracy 4. Toward Global Democracy 5. Citizenship and
Globalization Part 3: International Criminal Law 6. The Holocaust and the
Emergence of International Human Rights 7. The Pinochet Moment: Whither
Universal Jurisdiction 8. Genocide at the World Court: The Case Against
Serbia Part 4: Human Rights After 9/11 9. A Descending Spiral 10.
Encroaching on the Rule of Law: Counter-Terrorist Justifications 11.
Humanitarian Intervention Part 5: Beyond Politics 12. Crimes, Lies, and
Law: Human Rights in Adversity 13. Humanity in Question 14. The Ideal of
the Citizen Pilgrim