The Inter-American System of Human Rights

by David J. Harris, Stephen Livingstone

Overview

This book gives a fresh and fascinating analytical account of the Inter-American Convention of Human Rights, a pact that includes substantive guarantees of economic, social, and cultural rights. These guarantees are examined not only from the US perspective, but also from a Latin American angle, with a considerable focus on amnesty, emergencies, and the protection of minorities and indigenous peoples.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198265528
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/13/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	616
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.60(d)
Lexile:	1880L (what's this?)

About the Author

Professor David Harris is Professor of International Law at the University of Nottingham, Dr Stephen Livingstone is a Reader in Law at the same institution.

Table of Contents

1. Regional Protection of Human of Human Rights: the Inter American Achievement, Harris2. The Rise of the Inter American Human Rights Regime: No Longer a Unicorn, Not Yet an Ox, Farer3. The Inter American Commission on Human Rights: Its Organisation and Examination of Petitions and Communications, Cesna4. The Role of Country Reports in the Inter American System of Human Rights, Medina5. The Operation of the Inter American Court of Human Rights (1979-1996), Trinidade6. Reparations in the Inter-American System, Shelton7. The Interaction Between the Political Actors of the OAS, the Commission and the Court, Gomez8. The Civil and Political Rights Protected in the Inter-American System, Davidson9. The Protection of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights under the Inter-American System of Human Rights, Craven10. The Protection of Indigenous Peoples in the Inter-American System, Hannum11. Responses to Amnesties by the Inter American System for the Protection of Human Rights, Lutz12. States of Emergency in the Inter American System, Fitzpatrick13. The Inter American System at the Dawn of a New Century: Recommendations for Improvement of its Mechanism of Protection, Trinidade14. , Procedural Shortcomings in the Defence of Human Rights: An Inequality of ArmsAppendices

Editorial Reviews

"Destined to be the standard work for the foreseeable future...this weighty volume towers above other books on the subject."—Choice

"Considering the expertise of nearly all the authors, evident in the high quality of their wide-ranging contributions, the book not only opens a window on the system to European readers; it may also be the best English-language treatment available to readers anywhere....the book is an invaluable contribution to the subject. No serious student of the Inter-American Human Rights system can afford to overlook it."—The American Journal of International Law

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