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Andrew Thompson - In Defence of Principles: NGOs and Human Rights in Canada - 9780774818612 - V9780774818612
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In Defence of Principles: NGOs and Human Rights in Canada

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Description for In Defence of Principles: NGOs and Human Rights in Canada Hardback. This exploration of the activities of four Canadian NGOs in advancing and defending human rights principles sheds new light on the fragility and resilience of human rights norms in liberal democracies. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPWH; LAQ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 454.

Since 9/11 and the onset of the “war on terror,” the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. In Defence of Principles sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making.

Although human rights principles are often spoken of in absolute terms, this book reminds us that they ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Law and Society
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774818612
SKU
V9780774818612
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About Andrew Thompson
Andrew S. Thompson is an adjunct assistant professor of political science at the University of Waterloo.

Reviews for In Defence of Principles: NGOs and Human Rights in Canada
In Defence of Principles is a comprehensive survey of three groundbreaking Charter cases and the NGOs that plunged into the heart of these controversies. Thompson’s book ultimately reminds readers of the fragility of NGOs’ gains in the field of human rights, as the experiences of AI Canada in Kindler and of the CCC in Singh both show. Thompson’s work also ... Read more

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