Making Human Dignity Central to International Human Rights Law - A Critical Legal Argument

This book argues how human dignity flows from an individual's capacity for self-authorship as defined by the set of expressive capabilities s/he possesses, demonstrating how such a conception of dignity can enrich international human rights law by making the amplification of human dignity its fundamental orientation.

About the author

Matt McManus is Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Tec de Monterrey.

Summary

This book argues how human dignity flows from an individual's capacity for self-authorship as defined by the set of expressive capabilities s/he possesses, demonstrating how such a conception of dignity can enrich international human rights law by making the amplification of human dignity its fundamental orientation.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew McManus
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781786834645
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-464-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: International Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; international, Central, Human, Law, Human Rights, to, Argument, LAW / International, Making, Legal, Rights, Dignity, Critical, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law