Human rights transformed : positive rights and positive duties

Author/Creator:

Fredman, Sandra Author

Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (xxiii, 261 p.)

Subjects:

Human rights
Judicial power
Due process of law
Justice, Administration of
Equality before the law
Judges
Courts

Language:

English

Summary:

Human rights are traditionally understood as protecting individual freedom against intrusion by the State. This title argues instead that human rights are based on a richer view of freedom, going beyond absence of coercion and focussing on the ability to exercise freedom.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-170981-6

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