Western Rights? Post-Communist Application

by András Sajó

Overview

This work provides a complete record of the discussisons held and papers presented at a conference on ‘The Individual v. The State', held in Budapest at the Central European University, which focused on various theories about the nature and role of rights.

Rights have the function of protecting the individual against collectivity, against restrictions of individual freedom and against the imposition of burdens on individuals for the sake of the common good. Joseph Raz argues in his introduction that rights cannot be understood in terms of these functions as this would distort the understanding of their role in morality and law.

The book is divided into six parts, covering the following key topics:

Concepts of Rights

Transition to Rights—Rights in Transition

Equality and Social Rights

Minorities and Citizenship

The International Dimension

Economics of Rights

It shows how varied the understanding of rights is among different theorists and in the practice of different countries, and will be of prime interest to academics involved in legal theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789041102638
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer
Publication date:	07/01/1996
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.94(d)