Mark Nolan

Construing Human Rights

Protecting Subgroups and Individuals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This research develops the emerging socialpsychological study of human rights claims inresponse to perceived injustice. The assertion ofunique subgroup rights seemspsychologically-different to claims of individualrights that can be held by all humans. Preferencesfor use of particular human rights claims werestudied by presenting participants with scenariossuggestive of human rights violations: possibleviolations of privacy rights, civil and politicalrights under mandatory sentencing schemes, refugeerights and reproductive rights of lesbians and singlewomen seeking access to assisted reproductivetechnology. The research drew on real Australianpolicy debates. Quantitative and qualitative datafrom five studies reveal, even amongst activists, apreference for an equality-driven construal of thepurpose of human rights law: that all Australians betreated equally regardless of subgroup membership, incontrast to the belief that the purpose of humanrights law is to protect unique interestsofvulnerable subgroups within a broader collective(vulnerable groups construal).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9783639072150
• ISBN-10: 3639072154
• Artikelnr.: 24846981

Autorenporträt

Dr Mark Nolan (BSc(hons) LLB PhD (ANU)) completed this PhD thesisinsocial psychology at the School of Psychology, The AustralianNational University in Canberra. Mark is currently a SeniorLecturer at the ANU College of Law, teaching criminal law as wellas law and psychology since 2002. More professional details athttp://law.anu.edu.au.