Chris Kendall

Between Possibility and Peril

Domestic Courts and the Selective Enforcement of International Human Rights

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"When do domestic courts protect the human rights enshrined in international law? This book explains how the highest courts in three young democracies-Colombia, Mexico, and South Africa-used international law to protect human rights while building their own institutional legitimacy, carefully balancing the demands of advocates, politicians, and international law itself"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9781512826210
• ISBN-10: 1512826219
• Artikelnr.: 68577117

Autorenporträt

Chris Kendall is Associate Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Chapter 1. International Human Rights, Domestic Courts
Chapter 2. Three-Dimensional Decision-Making in the Domestic Judiciary
Chapter 3. Colombia: Balancing Act
Chapter 4. South Africa: Majoritarian Difficulties
Chapter 5. Mexico: Rigid Reform
Chapter 6. Conclusions
Appendix 1. Transitional States
Appendix 2. Major International Human Rights Treaty Ratifications
Notes
References
Index