Human Rights, Rule of Law and the Contemporary Social Challenges in Complex Societies - Proceedings of the 26th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy in Belo Horizonte, 2013

Modern societies often claim to be democracies in order to enjoy greater legitimacy. Still, to understand the concept of democracy and how to justify it, the definition of it as self-determined is not sufficient. A complex understanding has to take into account ideas of rule of law as well as human rights. Sometimes these three concepts compete with each other - particularly in societies with a pluralistic approach to what "the good life" should be, such as societies which are made up of distinct cultural backgrounds.
This book presents a concept of democracy that encompasses at the same time the ideas of rule of law, human rights and self-determination. It contains the main lectures of the XXVI World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, hosted by the Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil) in July 2013.

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• Assisted by: Thomas Bustamante (Editor), Marcelo Campos Galuppo (Editor), Marcelo Campos Galuppo (Editor), Lucas Gontijo (Editor), Karine Salgado (Editor), Karine Salgado et al (Editor), Mônic Sette Lopes (Editor), Monica Sette Lopes (Editor)
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9783515111300
• ISBN: 978-3-515-11130-0
• No. of pages: 155
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 241 mm x 240 mm
• Weight: 290 g
• Illustrations: 2 schw.-w. Abb.
• Series: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie - Beihefte; Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (ARSP). Beihefte, Neue Folge; Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (ARSP) - Beihefte; Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie - Beihefte
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law