Individual duty within a human rights discourse
Duty Human rights LAW / Essays LAW / General Practice LAW / Jurisprudence LAW / Paralegals & Paralegalism LAW / Practical Guides LAW / Reference
Routledge
2016
EISBN 9781351927833
Introduction.
The historical development of the principle of duty and its contemporary philosophical sources.
The taxonomy of duties.
Religion, ethics and the principle of individual duty.
Individual criminal responsibility under international law.
The position of individual duty within the international and regional human rights system.
Particular individual duties explicitly recognised under international and regional human rights law and by national law.
Socialism and individual duty.
Impoverished 'rights talk', the sociology of duty and the re-emergence of communitarianism.
The enforcement of individual duties.
Conclusion.
The historical development of the principle of duty and its contemporary philosophical sources.
The taxonomy of duties.
Religion, ethics and the principle of individual duty.
Individual criminal responsibility under international law.
The position of individual duty within the international and regional human rights system.
Particular individual duties explicitly recognised under international and regional human rights law and by national law.
Socialism and individual duty.
Impoverished 'rights talk', the sociology of duty and the re-emergence of communitarianism.
The enforcement of individual duties.
Conclusion.
