Beyond human rights : the legal status of the individual in international law /

Beyond human rights : the legal status of the individual in international law /

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Author / Creator:	Peters, Anne, 1964- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	xxxv, 602 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 126 Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 126.
Subject:	Human rights. Civil rights. Civil rights. Human rights.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10921413

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ISBN:	9781107164307 (hardback) 1107164303 (hardback)
Notes:	Previously published in German by Mohr Siebeck, 2014. Includes bibliographical references (pages 556-590) and index.
Summary:	"The starting point for this study is the observation that with increasing frequency, international legal norms directly address and engage individuals. For instance, individual rights under international law appear to arise from extradition treaties, treaties of friendship and establishment, double taxation agreements, transport treaties, intellectual property treaties, investment protection treaties, treaties on the legal status of foreigners, and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. On the side of duties, the criminal responsibility of individuals under international law has in recent decades been fleshed out by the work of the ad hoc criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court"--

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Summary:	A paradigm change is occurring, in the course of which human beings are becoming the primary international legal persons. In numerous areas of public international law, substantive rights and obligations of individuals arguably flow directly from international law. The novel legal status of humans in international law is now captured with a concept borrowed from constitutional doctrine: international rights of the person, as opposed to international law protecting persons. Combining doctrinal analysis with current practice, this book is the most comprehensive contemporary analysis of the legal status of the individual. Beyond Human Rights, previously published in German and now revised by the author in this English edition, not only deals with the individual in international humanitarian law, international criminal law and international investment law, but it also covers fields such as consular law, environmental law, protection of individuals against acts of violence and natural disasters, refugee law and labour law.
Item Description:	Previously published in German by Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
Physical Description:	xxxv, 602 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 556-590) and index.
ISBN:	9781107164307 (hardback) 1107164303 (hardback)