Global Justice, State Duties: The Extraterritorial Scope of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law

by Martin Scheinin and Wouter Vandenhole

Book Overview

The rise of globalization and the persistence of global poverty are straining the territorial paradigm of human rights. This book asks if states possess extraterritorial obligations under existing international human rights law to respect and ensure economic, social and cultural rights and how far those duties extend. Taking a departure point in theory and practice, the book is the first of its kind to analyze the principal cross-cutting legal issues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107429323
• ISBN13: 9781107429321
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"