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Law in Context: Law, Infrastructure and Human Rights

Name: Law in Context: Law, Infrastructure and Human Rights
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521676885
Price: 479.05 HKD
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Author: Micahel B. Likosky
ISBN: 9780521676885

By Micahel B. Likosky

Cambridge University Press October 2006

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780521676885
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 2006
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

From attacks on oil infrastructure in post-war reconstruction Iraq to the laying of gas pipelines in the Amazon Rainforest through indigenous community villages, infrastructure projects are sites of intense human rights struggles. Many state and non-state actors have proposed solutions for handling human rights problems in the context of specific infrastructure projects. Solutions have been admired for being lofty in principle; however, they have been judged wanting in practice.

This book analyzes how human rights are handled in varied contexts and then assesses the feasibility of a common international institutional solution under the auspices of the United Nations to the alleged problem of the inability to translate human rights into practice.

Looks at how human rights actually function in practice
Sustained examination of the workings of legal globalization
Topical and detailed case studies

Contents:: Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Part I. Framework:
2. Transnational public-private partnerships; 3. Human rights risks; Part II. Case Studies:
4. Iraq; 5. Anti-terrorism; 6. Banks; 7. EU enlargement; 8. Anti-poverty; 9. Towards a human rights unit; Bibliography.