2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Introduction 1
5. Section I. General Issues of a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights
6. 1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights 19
7. 2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights 44
8. 3. Making A Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand 65
9. 4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights 81
10. Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation
11. 5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory 105
12. 6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism 133
13. 7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights 162
14. Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on Human Rights
15. 8. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Rights 191
16. 9. Aboriginal Communities, Aboriginal Rights, and the Human Rights System in Canada 221
17. 10. Political Culture and Gross Human Rights Violations in Latin America 253
18. 11. Custom Is Not a Thing, It Is a Path 276
19. 12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia 295
20. 13. Considering Gender Arc Human Rights for Women, Too? An Australian Case 339
21. 14. Right to Self-Determination: A Basic Human Right Concerning Cultural Survival. The Case of the Sami and the Scandinavian State 363
22. Section IV. Prospects for a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Bights
23. 15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights 387
24. Conclusion 427
25. Bibliography 437
26. Contributors 463
27. Index 469