TY - BOOK AU - Theodore S. Orlin, Allan Rosas, and Martin Scheinin. AU - Orlin,Theodore S. AU - Rosas,Allan AU - Scheinin,Martin TI - Jurisprudence of human rights law : a comparative interpretive approach: a comparative interpretive approach SN - 9521205938 AV - K3240 .J87 U1 - 341.48 22 PY - 2000/// CY - Turku/Åbo, Syracuse, NY PB - Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Distributed in the USA by Syracuse University Press KW - Human rights KW - Comparative law KW - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) KW - Droit compar�e KW - Droit international KW - Pays en d�eveloppement KW - eclas KW - Pays d�evelopp�es KW - Convention europ�eenne des droits de l'homme KW - UE/CE Droit KW - Analyse comparative KW - Droits de l'homme KW - Jurisprudence internationale KW - fast KW - Mensenrechten KW - gtt KW - Rechtspraak KW - Grundrechte KW - Rechtsvergleichung KW - idsbb KW - ram N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index; Introduction / Theodore S. Orlin and Martin Scheinin -- Is the death penalty an inhuman punishment / Manfred Nowak -- The death row phenomenon: a comparative analysis / Markus G. Schmidt -- The right to life/the right to die : the rights, their interrelationship and the jurisprudential problems / Theodore S. Orlin -- Holocaust denial and freedom of expression / Markus G. Schmidt and Rapha�ele L. Vojtovic -- The right to enjoy a distinct culture : indigenous and competing uses of land / Martin Scheinin -- The right to privacy : some implications for confidentiality in the context of HIV/AIDS -- The right not to be discriminated against : the case of social security / Catarina Krause and Martin Scheinin -- Epilogue / Allan Rosas N2 - "This volume brings together nine qualified human rights experts into a novel undertaking. Through examining topics like the death penalty, indigenous land rights, euthanasia and assisted suicide, non-discrimination in the field of social security, Holocaust denial and freedom of expression, and confidentiality in the context of HIV/AIDS, this book aims not only at contributing through scholarly essays to the debate on these issues but even more to the methodology of comparative analysis in the field of human rights."--Jacket ER -