Jamie Mayerfeld

The Promise of Human Rights

Constitutional Government, Democratic Legitimacy, and International Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jamie Mayerfeld is Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780812248166
• ISBN-10: 0812248163
• Artikelnr.: 44467097

Autorenporträt

Jamie Mayerfeld is Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Human Rights
Chapter 2. Madison's Compound Republic and the Logic of Checks and Balances
Chapter 3. Europe and the Virtues of International Constitutionalism
Chapter 4. American Exceptionalism and the Betrayal of Human Rights, Part
I: The Torture Memos
Chapter 5. American Exceptionalism and the Betrayal of Human Rights, Part
II: Enabling Torture
Chapter 6. The Democratic Legitimacy of International Human Rights Law
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments