عنوان

Universal Human Rights 'Versus' Cultural Relativism:

شماره

LA108063

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Universal Human Rights 'Versus' Cultural Relativism:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the Mediating Role of Constitutional Rights

نام نخستين پديدآور

Nana Kwame Agyeman, Alfred Momodu, Nana Kwame Agyeman, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill | Nijhoff

متن يادداشت

The claim that human rights are rights that all humans hold everywhere and at all times embodies the concept of universalism. There are however some that do not believe that human rights are universally held. Those who hold such views are widely described as cultural relativists. A rich body of literature exists with a particular focus on the divergence that exists between universalism and cultural relativism. We posit that these areas of antagonism might be overstated. In the light of this, this work investigates the mediating role that constitutional rights may play between these two seemingly opposing schools of thought. Ultimately this paper avers that the constitutional making process that international human rights principles go through in order to emerge as constitutional rights allows for constitutional rights to simultaneously lay claim to both universalist and relativist ideals. Thus, allowing constitutional rights to represent a grossly overlooked middle ground. The claim that human rights are rights that all humans hold everywhere and at all times embodies the concept of universalism. There are however some that do not believe that human rights are universally held. Those who hold such views are widely described as cultural relativists. A rich body of literature exists with a particular focus on the divergence that exists between universalism and cultural relativism. We posit that these areas of antagonism might be overstated. In the light of this, this work investigates the mediating role that constitutional rights may play between these two seemingly opposing schools of thought. Ultimately this paper avers that the constitutional making process that international human rights principles go through in order to emerge as constitutional rights allows for constitutional rights to simultaneously lay claim to both universalist and relativist ideals. Thus, allowing constitutional rights to represent a grossly overlooked middle ground.

تاريخ نشر

2019

توصيف ظاهري

23-46

عنوان

African Journal of Legal Studies

شماره جلد

12/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1708-7384

اصطلاح موضوعی

constitutional rights

اصطلاح موضوعی

constitutionalism

اصطلاح موضوعی

cultural relativism

اصطلاح موضوعی

International human rights

اصطلاح موضوعی

legal philosophy

اصطلاح موضوعی

universalism

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Alfred Momodu

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Nana Kwame Agyeman

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/17087384-12340042

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y