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Jurisprudence of human rights law : a comparative interpretive approach a comparative interpretive approach / edited by Theodore S. Orlin, Allan Rosas, and Martin Scheinin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Turku/Åbo : Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University ; Syracuse, NY : Distributed in the USA by Syracuse University Press, 2000.Description: ix, 323 pages ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9521205938
  • 9789521205934
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Jurisprudence of human rights law.DDC classification:
  • 341.48 22
LOC classification:
  • K3240 .J87
Other classification:
  • 86.81
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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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.

"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.

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