Bibliograph

Collective rights, a legal theory, Miodrag A. Jovanović

Type

Label

Collective rights, a legal theory, Miodrag A. Jovanović

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Collective rights

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

778377501

Responsibility statement

Miodrag A. Jovanović

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

a legal theory

Summary

In a departure from the mainstream methodology of a positivist-oriented jurisprudence, Collective Rights provides the first legal-theoretical treatment of this area. It advances a normative-moral standpoint of 'value collectivism' which goes against the traditional political philosophy of liberalism and the dominant ideas of liberal multiculturalism. Moreover, it places a theoretical account of collective rights within the larger debate between proponents of different rights theories. By exploring why 'collective rights' should be differentiated from similar legal concepts, the relationship between collective and individual rights and why groups should be recognised as the third distinctive type of right-holders, it presents the topic as connected to the larger philosophical debate about international law of human rights, most notably to the problem of universality of rights.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

What it means for a theory of collective rights to be legal -- reflections on methodology -- Theories of rights and collectives as right-holders -- Collective rights as a distinctive legal concept -- Are there universal collective rights? -- Conclusion : collectives as the third type of right-holders

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