Irrational human rights? : : reflections on the effectiveness of international law / / by Naiade El-Khoury.

• Superior document: International studies in human rights ; Volume 135
• VerfasserIn: El-Khoury, Naiade,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in human rights ; Volume 135.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 280 pages)

"In Irrational Human Rights? An Examination of International Human Rights Treaties Naiade el-Khoury pursues the question how effective international human rights treaties really are and offers a discussion on the effects of treaty mechanisms. Such an examination as to the effects of international human rights treaties, or rather their limits, puts prevalent views of international law to the test. In doing so, this book convincingly argues that rational theories are inadequate to grasp the full effect of international human rights treaties"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- The four paradigms or ideal-types in the discipline of international relations -- The different debates in the discipline of international relations -- Realism : theory and (the effectiveness of ) international human rights treaties -- Liberalism : theory and the effectiveness of international human rights treaties -- Institutionalism : theory and the effectiveness of international human rights treaties -- Fairness : theory and the effectiveness of international human rights treaties -- Transnational legal process : theory and the effectiveness of international human rights treaties -- Managerial process : theory and the effectiveness of international human rights treaties -- The autonomous legal discourse and the appellative or the discursive effect of human rights.