Justice in the United States: Human Rights and the U.S. ConstitutionRowman & Littlefield, 2006 - 285 страници Justice in the U.S. is a sequel to Human Rights: Beyond the Liberal Vision, and the second in a trilogy on human rights. The Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution explicitly clarifies the personal political and civil rights of persons, and by court interpretation, the rights of corporations. Yet in the twentieth century, following World War II, most world leaders reached the conclusion that political and civil rights were not sufficient and they had to be supplemented with additional rights that would protect their citizens and create more robust societies. By the end of the century, most countries had amended their constitutions to include many other rights, notably those pertaining to social security, health care, housing, decent jobs, women, minorities, cultural and language rights, and environmental protections. This amounted to nothing less than a worldwide constitutional revolution, but it has gone largely unnoticed in the United States. In this volume, the authors compare the constitutional provisions of different nation-states and summarize some of the relevant United Nations' human rights declarations and treaties. To encourage US citizens to think critically about their Constitution in light of the constitutions of other states, the authors present a draft revision of the U.S. Constitution. Of course, revision of the Constitution must be a comprehensively a democratic process, and the authors wish to show how this process might begin. |
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The Idea of Rights | 1 |
Appendix 11 Dates of Constitutions for Contemporary NationStates | 25 |
Appendix 12 Amendments to the US Constitution | 31 |
Appendix 13 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action | 35 |
Appendix 14 Indicators of Economic Decline and Inequality in the United States | 38 |
The Social Foundations of Human Rights | 41 |
Overview and Comparisons | 59 |
An Antagonistic Relationship | 85 |
Appendix 63 Economic Rights in Contemporary Constitutions extracts | 160 |
In Search of Society | 171 |
Appendix 71 Excerpts from the Preamble of the Cultural Charter for Africa | 194 |
Cornucopia of Rights | 197 |
Appendix 81 The Language of Solidarity | 215 |
Appendix 82 Pluralism in Contemporary Constitutions | 219 |
Appendix 83 Constitutional Provisions for Economic Rights Womens Rights Maternal Rights Minority Rights and Health Care Rights | 226 |
Extracts from Selected Constitutions | 232 |
Appendix 41 Roosevelts Second Bill of Rights | 108 |
Growing Inequalities | 109 |
The Global Struggle for Economic Security | 121 |
Appendix 61 International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights | 151 |
Appendix 62 Fundamental Conventions of the International Labour Organization | 158 |
A Socratic Dialogue | 241 |
Draft Revision of the US Constitution | 255 |
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About the Authors | |
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Justice in the United States: Human Rights and the Constitution Judith Blau,Alberto Moncada Ограничен достъп - 2006 |
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