The Limits of Human Rights
Edited by Bardo Fassbender and Knut Traisbach
Table of Contents
Introduction: A Ride on the Human Rights Bus,Bardo Fassbender and Knut Traisbach
Prologue: Limits and their Varieties,Henry J. Steiner
Part 1. Limits of Ideas, Limits of Communities: Paradigms and Biases
1: Humanity and the Claim to Self-Evidence,Lynn Hunt
2: The Self-Evidence of Human Rights: Origins and Limits of an Idea,Bardo Fassbender
3: Human Rights, Global Justice, and the Limits of Law,Kate Nash
4: Human Rights beyond the Double Bind of Sovereignty: A Response to Kate Nash,Mark Goodale
5: Emergencies and Human Rights: A Hobbesian Analysis,David Dyzenhaus
6: Reason, Faith, and Feelings: A Response to David Dyzenhaus,Conor Gearty
Part 2. Limits of Functions, Limits of Uses: Actors and Practices
7: Being a Realist about Human Rights,Christian Reus-Smit
8: Political Limits of International Human Rights: A Response (or a Rejoinder) to Christian Reus-Smit,Basak Çali
9: Human Rights Bodies and the Structure of Institutional Obligation,Jan Klabbers
10: Dissecting the Institution: A Response to Jan Klabbers,Rosa Freedman and Ruth Houghton
11: Differentiating Fundamental Rights and Economic Goals,Aryeh Neier
12: Advocating for Social and Economic Rights-Critical Perspectives: A Response to Aryeh Neier,Jeremy Perelman
Part 3. Limits of Scope, Limits of Recognition: The Case of Women's Rights
13: Between the Margins and the Mainstream: The Case of Women's Rights,Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin
14: Women's Rights are Human Rights: A Response to Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin from a Chinese Perspective,Bai Guimei
15: Women's Progress and Women's Human Rights,Martha C. Nussbaum
16: The Limits of Law: A Response to Martha C Nussbaum,Fareda Banda
Part 4. Limits of Pragmatism, Limits of Compromise: The Case of Armed Conflict
17: The Limits of the Laws of War,Frédéric Mégret
18: The Banality of Humanity (as an Absolute): A Response to Frédéric Mégret,Knut Traisbach
19: The Limits of Human Rights in Times of Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Armed Violence,Andrew Clapham
20: The End of the War/Peace Limit on the Application of International Human Rights Law: A Response to Andrew Clapham,Yuval Shany
Part 5. Limits of Prospects, Limits of Means: An Outlook
21: The Limits of Human Rights in a Moving World-Elements of a Dynamic Approach,Mireille Delmas-Marty
22: Where are the Limits of Human Rights? Four Schools, four Complementary Visions: A Response to Mireille Delmas-Marty,Marie-Bénédicte Dembour
23: Strategizing for Human Rights: From Ideals to Practice,Douglas A. Johnson and Kathryn Sikkink
24: Historical Strategies for Human Rights: A Response to Kathryn Sikkink and Douglas Johnson,Micheline Ishay