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In Defence of Principles: Ngos and Human Rights in Canada (Law and Society Series) - Softcover

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Thompson, Andrew S.

 
9780774818629: In Defence of Principles: Ngos and Human Rights in Canada (Law and Society Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 077481862X ISBN 13: 9780774818629
Verlag: UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Since 9/11 and the onset of the “war on terror,” the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. This book sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making. The struggles of these NGOs reveal not only the fragility but also the resilience of ideas about rights in liberal democracies.

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Andrew S. Thompson is an adjunct assistant professor of political science at the University of Waterloo.

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Since 9/11 and the onset of the "war on terror," the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. This book sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making. The struggles of these NGOs reveal not only the fragility but also the resilience of ideas about rights in liberal democracies.

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Since 9/11 and the onset of the "war on terror," the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. This book sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making. The struggles of these NGOs reveal not only the fragility but also the resilience of ideas about rights in liberal democracies.

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Verlag
UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
077481862X
ISBN 13 
9780774818629
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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