Definition and development of human rights and popular sovereignty in Europe.
"What role do the people play in defining and developing human rights?This volume explores the very topical issue of the lack of democratic legitimisation of national and international courts and the question of whether rendering the original process of defining human rights more democratic at...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Strasbourg :
Council of Europe Publishing,
©2011.
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| Series: | Science and technique of democracy ;
no. 49. |
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Table of Contents:
- From a gubernative to a deliberative human rights policy definition, and further development of human rights as an act of collective self-determination / Klaus Gunther
- The human right to democracy : a moral defence with a legal nuance / Samantha Besson
- The democratic constitution / Richard Bellamy
- "From above" or "from the bottom up"? : The protection of human rights between descending and ascending interpretations / Sergio Dellavalle
- Gloomy prospects : seven theories on the future of democracy within a world society / Hauke Brunkhorst
- Human rights between sovereign will and international standards : a comment / Jarna Petman
- Definition and development of human rights in the international context and popular sovereignty / Lorange Backer
- Human rights and popular sovereignty in the perspective of the Venice Commission / Jan Helgesen
- Human rights and transfers of sovereignty in the European Union : consequences for the definition and development of human rights / Catherine Schneider
- Commentary on Catherine Schneider's report / Christoph Mollers
- The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency within the European and international human rights architecture : the legal framework after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon / Armin von Bogdandy and Jochen von Bernstorff
- Combining abstract ex ante and concrete ex post review : the Finnish model / Kaarlo Tuori
- Processes of definition and development of human rights besides popular sovereignty : a comment / Richard Clayton
- Judicial review as a substitute for not yet constituted instances of popular sovereignty / Peter Paczolay
- Commentary on Peter Paczolay's report / Regina Kreide.