Eu Human Rights Policies - A Study in Irony

Zusatztext Williams takes a fresh and thought-provoking look at this much scrutinised area. From the outset, theere can be no doubt as to Williams' deep commitment to the pursuit of human rights protection. He sets about his task with passion , developing a sophisticated these which probes the very foundations of the EU's human rights agenda... This is a stimulating book which should give practitioners and policy makers, as well as those engaged in study of European institutions and policy-making, considerable pause for thought. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Williams is Lecturer in Law at the University of Warwick. Klappentext The EU's human rights policies are plagued by double standards: it applies radically different approaches in its external and internal operations. In this book, Andrew Williams reveals the nature and scope of this bifurcation and the resultant discrimination, and argues that the ironical condition revealed undermines both the EU's commitment to human rights and its moral credibility. Zusammenfassung The EU's human rights policies are plagued by double standards: it applies radically different approaches in its external and internal operations. In this book, Andrew Williams reveals the nature and scope of this bifurcation and the resultant discrimination, and argues that the ironical condition revealed undermines both the EU's commitment to human rights and its moral credibility. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editor's Preface Preface Abbreviations Table of EC Material 1: Introduction 2: Development Policy and Human Rights 3: Accession to the Community and Human Rights 4: The Scope of Internal-External Incoherence 5: Explaining Incoherence: the Orthodox Arguments 6: The Invention of Human Rights in the Community 7: European Identity and Human Rights 8: Conclusion: The Irony of the Community's Human Rights Policies Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Williams, Andrew (Lecturer in Law Williams
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9780199268962
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926896-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Oxford Studies in European Law; Oxford Studies in European Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, EU (European Union), Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties