Citation: Barreto, José-Manuel (2015) Human rights theory as solidarity. In: Contemporary Challenges in Securing Human Rights. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, pp. 13-18. ISBN 978-0-9931102-2-1
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Abstract
Let’s formulate some questions that are important for those who are engaged in making theory of human rights but which are rarely thematised: Why do legal theory? Why are scholars interested in elaborating a theory of human rights? A number of answers come to the tip of the tongue: in order justify and advance the cause of human rights; as a way of fulfilling political or ideological commitments; as a result of a commitment to justice or to the enforcement of rule of law; to learn about the phenomenon of the law; because it is part of the business of the academy; out of a professional duty and as a way of earning a living; due to the pleasure of fiddling with theories and abstract thinking. It can also be the consequence of the combination of some or all the above motives.
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| Additional Information: | To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights offered at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, we are pleased to publish a commemorative edited volume on human rights themes authored by distinguished alumni and faculty. |
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| Creators: | Barreto, José-Manuel and |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.14296/SAS.ICwS.001.03 |
| Official URL: | http://events.sas.ac.uk/support-research/publicati... |
| Subjects: | Human Rights & Development Studies |
| Keywords: | human rights, refugee protection, women’s human rights, tax justice, business and human rights, poetry, rights in the digital age |
| Divisions: | Human Rights Consortium Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
| Collections: | Contemporary Challenges in Securing Human Rights |
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