| A Global Political Morality: Human Rights, Democracy, and Constitutionalism Contributor(s): Perry, Michael J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107158516 ISBN-13: 9781107158511 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Human Rights |
| Dewey: 172 |
| LCCN: 2016044946 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.14" W x 9.44" (0.91 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Perry, Michael: - Michael John Perry has held a Robert W. Woodruff University Chair at Emory University, Atlanta since 2003, where he teaches in the school of law. Perry is also a Senior Fellow at Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion and a co-editor of the Journal of Law and Religion. He is the author of twelve books and over eighty-five articles, essays, and book chapters.Perry, Michael J.: - Michael J. Perry has held a Robert W. Woodruff University Chair at Emory University, Atlanta since 2003, where he teaches in the School of Law. Perry is also a Senior Fellow at Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion and a co-editor of the Journal of Law and Religion. He is the author of twelve books and over eighty-five articles, essays and book chapters. |