Description
| Product ID: | 9781316611005 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | A Global Political Morality |
| Subtitle: | Human Rights, Democracy, and Constitutionalism |
| Authors: | Author: Michael J. Perry |
| Page Count: | 204 |
| Subjects: | Political science and theory, Political science & theory, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, Human rights, International human rights law |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book is for all those who are interested in the morality of human rights, the first truly global political morality in human history; in the relationship of the morality of human rights to democracy; and in the role of courts - especially the US Supreme Court - in protecting human rights. In A Global Political Morality, Michael J. Perry addresses several related questions in human rights theory, political theory and constitutional theory. He begins by explaining what the term ''human right'' means and then elaborates and defends the morality of human rights, which is the first truly global morality in human history. Perry also pursues the implications of the morality of human rights for democratic governance and for the proper role of courts - especially the US Supreme Court - in protecting constitutionally entrenched human rights. The principal constitutional controversies discussed in the book are capital punishment, race-based affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide and abortion. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-04-03 |
