The Work of Global Justice

by Fuyuki Kurasawa

Book Overview

Human rights have been generally understood as juridical products, organizational outcomes or abstract principles that are realized through formal means such as passing laws, creating institutions or formulating ideals. In this book, Fuyuki Kurasawa argues that we must reverse this 'top-down' focus by examining how groups and persons struggling against global injustices construct and enact human rights through five transnational forms of ethico-political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521673917
• ISBN13: 9780521673914
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"