Human rights advocacy in the United States / by Martha F. Davis, Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law; Johanna Kalb, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law; Risa E. Kaufman, Executive Director, Human Rights Institute, Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School.
Publisher:
West Academic Publishing,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xlii, 938 pages ; 26 cm. Teacher's manual 87 pages ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages ix-xxiii) and index.
Contents:
A framework for U.S. human rights advocacy -- The place of "human rights" in the United States -- The United States and the U.N. human rights treaties -- Customary international law in U.S. courts -- Using foreign and international law as persuasive authority -- State and local implementation -- The interdependence of rights : advancing economic, social and cultural rights alongside civil and political rights in the U.S. -- Engaging international and regional mechanisms for domestic advocacy -- Human rights fact-finding and reporting -- Mobilizing communities -- Ethics and domestic human rights lawyering -- Appendix A. Select human rights instruments of the United Nations -- Appendix B. Select instruments of the Inter-American human rights system.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.