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Defining Rights and Wrongs
Bureaucracy, Human Rights, and Public Accountability
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Rosanna L. Langer
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English
Published/Copyright:
2008
About this book
Human rights complaints attract a great deal of public interest, but what is going on below the surface? When people contact a human rights lawyer, how do they think about and use human rights discourse? How are complaints turned into cases? Can administrative systems be both effective and fair? Defining Rights and Wrongs investigates the day-to-day practices of low-level officials and intermediaries as they construct domestic human rights complaints. It identifies the values that a human rights system should uphold if it is to promote mutual respect and foster the personal dignity and equal rights of citizens.
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Rosanna L. Langer is an assistant professor in the Law and Justice Department at Laurentian University.
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It is a short book … but one which punches beyond its weight … She firmly grounds the debate about human rights and their domestic enforcement in her analysis of the empirical data and the social reality of public administration … Her book is an admirable and pithy contribution which offers much to those interested in human rights, discrimination, public administration and administrative justice.
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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An Overview of Public Administration of Human Rights Enforcement in Canada
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The Roles of Frontline Staff and Independent Lawyers in the Public Administration of Human Rights Enforcement
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Transforming Human Rights Complaints into Cases
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Publics, Counterpublics, and the Public Interest
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Conclusion
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Appendix
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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