Articles and extraits from books are available in a compilation of texts (kompendium) which can be purchased from Gnist Akademika bookstore at the Law faculty (Domus Nova building).
Required reading
Textbook:
- Javaid Rehman, International Human Rights Law (Pearson, 2nd ed., 2010), pp. 472-640 and 808-878 (240 pages)
Articles:
- Beth Simmons, Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics (2009), pp. 1-22. (22 pages).
- George Christie, Philosopher Kings? The Adjudication of Conflicting Human Rights and Social Values (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 3-11 (8 pages).
- Don Fleming, Legal aid and human rights, Paper presented to the International Legal Aid Group Conference, Antwerp, 6-8 June 2007, pp. 1-35 (35 pages) http://www.ilagnet.org/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/filemanager/files/Antwerpen_2007/Conference_Papers/Legal_Aid_and_Human_Rights.pdf
- Eric Barendt, Freedom of Speech (Oxford: Oxford Unviersity Press, 2005), pp. 1-73 (73 pages)
- Richard W. Krouse , ‘Polyarchy & Participation: The Changing Democratic Theory of Robert Dahl’, Polity, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1982), pp. 441-463 (22 pages).
- Henry Steiner, Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman, International Human Rights in Context (OUP, 2007), pp. 280-301) (21 pages)
- Malcolm Langford (ed.), ‘Justiciability of Social Rights: From Practice to Theory, Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law (Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp. 3-45 (42 pages)
- Ronald Craig, ‘Systemic Workplace Discrimination: Enforcing Employer-Driven Self-Regulation in M. Langford, Equality and Social Rights: International Law in Context (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press*), Chapter 14. (18 pages). (not yet published).
- Asbjørn Eide: The Framework Convention in Historical and Global Perspective, in Mark Weller (ed.): The Rights of Minorities. A commentary on the Europe,an Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. Oxford University Press, 2005 (22 pages).
- Ekern, Stener, "The Production of Autonomy: Leadership and Community in Mayan Guatemala", Journal of Latin American Studies 43 (Issue 1, February, 2011), pp 93-119. (26 pages).
- Naomi Roht-Arriaza, The Pinochet Effect: Transitional Justice in the Age of Human Rights (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005), pp. 97-117 (25 pages).
- Brian Barry: Liberal States and Illiberal Religions” in Culture and Equality, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2001: 155-193 (38 pages).
- Martha C. Nussbaum: “The Role of Religion” in Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000: 206-240 (34 pages).
- Jeremy Waldron, 'Socio-Economic Rights and Theories of Justice', in Thomas Pogge (ed.), Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right (Paris: UNESCO), pp. 21-49 (26 pages)
- Theo Van Banning, The Human Right to Property (Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2002), pp. 33-79 (46 pages).
- Nora Sveaass, ‘Destroying minds: Psychological Pain and the Crime of Torture, New York City Law Review, Vol. 11 No. 2 (2008), pp. 303-324 (17 pages)
Recommended reading
- Beth Simmons, Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics (2008), pp. 159-198.
- Malcolm Langford, 'Social Security and Children: Testing the Boundaries of Human Rights and Economics', in Stephen Marks, Bård Anders Andrassen and Arjun Sengupta, Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right: Economic Perspectives (Paris: UNESCO Publishing, 2009), pp. 193-217, http://www.jus.uio.no/smr/english/people/aca/malcolml/Human%20rights%20and%20economics.pdf
- Asbjørn Eide ‘Prevention of Discrimination, Protection of Minorities, and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Challenges and Choices in Eide, Møller and Ziemele (eds.), Making peoples heard (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011)
- J. Cernic, ‘Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights: A Critical Analysis of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises’, Hanse Law Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 71-100.
- Theo Van Banning, The Human Right to Property (Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2002), pp. 79-125.