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Chapter 30: Human Rights

Wouter Vandenhole

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in Encyclopedia of Law and Development

Wouter Vandenhole

Published:: 15 Jan 2021

Collection:: Law 2021

Cover Encyclopedia of Law and Development

Human Rights

Confronting Myths and Misunderstandings

Andrew Fagan

This book offers both an introduction to and a critical analysis of enduring themes and issues in the contemporary theory and practice of human rights. The author argues that the moral authority and practical efficacy of human rights are adversely affected by a range of myths and misunderstandings – from claims regarding the moral status of human rights as an allegedly fully comprehensive moral doctrine to the view that the possession of rights is anti-ethical to recognising the importance of moral duties. The author also examines such issues as the claim that human rights can ultimately only be said to exist as legal phenomena and the claim that nation-states are inherently hostile to the spirit of human rights. Discussion cuts across academic boundaries in an attempt to defend human rights against those who have come to expect too much and those who expect too little from human rights.

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Published:: 31 Aug 2009

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849802000

Collection:: Law 2010 and before

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