Human Rights in Action - Learning Expert Knowledge

This study combines anthropological and critical legal approaches to explore the conceptions of knowledge, expertise and learning of a network of Nordic human rights experts. It explores how the ideals of emancipation are realized in human rights action.

About the author

Miia Halme-Tuomisaari, PhD., social anthropology (2008), LLM, public international law (2003), University of Helsinki, is a Post-Doctorate Scholar at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights. Her ongoing research project examines human rights expertise.

Product details

• Authors: Miia Halme-Tuomisaari
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2010
• EAN: 9789004184459
• ISBN: 978-90-04-18445-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 246 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: Erik Castrén Institute Monogra
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education