Human Rights with Modesty: The Problem of Universalism

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
On the Universality of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights....Pages 33-50
The Complexity of Universalism in Human Rights....Pages 51-64
Moral Realism without the Ethnocentrism: Is It Just a List of Empty Truisms?....Pages 65-102
Can Human Rights Be “Contextualized”?....Pages 103-120
Reinstating the Universal in the Discourse of Human Rights and Justice....Pages 121-139
Universalism, Localism and Paternalism in Human Rights Discourse....Pages 141-160
International Human Rights in a Fragmenting World....Pages 161-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Social and Economic Dimensions of Universal Rights....Pages 187-212
Reconciling Universality and Diversity in International Human Rights Law....Pages 213-230
Global Rule of Law: Universal and Particular....Pages 231-247
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
False Dichotomies, True Perplexities, and the Rule of Law....Pages 251-277
The Illusory Promise of the Rule of Law....Pages 279-313
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
The Paradox of Religion and the Universality of Human Rights....Pages 317-326
Constitutionalism and Islamic Law in Nineteenth-Century Iran: Mirza Malkum Khan and Qanun....Pages 327-348
Shifting Grounds for Challenging the Authority of International Human Rights Law: Religion as a Malleable and Politicized Pretext for Governmental Noncompliance with Human Rights....Pages 349-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-382