| Description |
vii, 317 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Introduction -- Deliberative Democracy and Human Rights: An Introduction / Harold Hongju Koh and Ronald C. Slye. 1. The Death of a Public Intellectual / Owen Fiss -- Pt. 2. Ethical Bases of International Human Rights. 2. Personal Rights and Public Space / Thomas Nagel. 3. In the Beginning Was the Deed / Bernard Williams. 4. Autonomy and Consequences / Martin D. Farrell. 5. On Philosophy and Human Rights / Elaine Scarry -- Pt. 3. Nation-Building, Constitutionalism, and Democracy. 6. The Moral Reading and the Majoritarian Premise / Ronald Dworkin. 7. Constitutionalism, Democracy, and State Decay / Stephen Holmes. 8. Constitutionalism and Democracy / Alberto Calsamiglia. 9. Group Aspirations and Democratic Politics / Ian Shapiro -- Pt. 4. Democracy and Deliberation. 10. Creating the Conditions for Democracy / Irwin P. Stotzky. 11. Power Under State Terror / Jaime Malamud Goti. 12. Deliberation, Disagreement, and Voting / Jeremy Waldron |
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13. Deliberative Democracy and Majority Rule: Reply to Waldron / Amy Gutmann. 14. The Epistemic Theory of Democracy Revisited / Carlos F. Rosenkrantz. 15. Democracy and Philosophy: A Reply to Stotzky and Waldron / Paul W. Kahn -- Pt. 5. Confronting Radical Evil. 16. Punishment and the Rule of Law / T. M. Scanlon. 17. From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Role of Transitional Justice / Ruti Teitel. 18. Dictatorship and Punishment: A Reply to Scanlon and Teitel / Ernesto Garzon Valdes. 19. Human Rights and Democracy in Practice: The Challenge of Accountability / John Shattuck |
| Analysis |
Civil liberties |
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Civil society |
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Constitutional law |
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Deliberative democracy |
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Democracy |
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Human rights |
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Human rights violations |
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International comparisons |
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Overseas item |
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Punishment |
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Transition economies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Democracy -- United States.
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Democracy.
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Human rights -- United States.
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Human rights.
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Representative government and representation.
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| Author |
Koh, Harold Hongju, 1954-
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Slye, Ronald.
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| LC no. |
99027517 |
| ISBN |
0300075839 (cl. : alk. paper) |
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0300081677 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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