Human Rights Transformed: Positive Rights and Positive Duties

by Sandra Fredman and Sandra Fredman FBA

Book Overview

Human rights have traditionally been understood as protecting individual freedom against intrusion by the State. In this book, Sandra Fredman argues that this understanding requires radical revision. Human rights are based on a far richer view of freedom, which goes beyond being let alone, and instead pays attention to individuals' ability to exercise their rights.

This view fundamentally shifts the focus of human rights. As well as restraining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199535051
• ISBN13: 9780199535057
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"