Shelton, D: Oxford Hdb of International Human Rights Law

I.NBTheoretical Foundations; 1 M. Christian Green and John Witte: Religion; 2 Siegfried Van Duffel: Moral Philosophy; 3 Christopher A. Robinson: Biology; 4 Brian S. Turner: Sociology; 5 Robin Bradley Kar: Psychology; 6 Mark Goodale: Cultural Anthropology; II. Historical and Legal Sources; 7 Paul Gordon Lauren: Justice and Rights in Legal Texts from Hammurabi to the 18th Century; 8 Michael O'Boyle and Michelle Lafferty: Constitutions and General Principles as Sources of Human Rights Law; 9 Jenny Martinez: The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Rise of Non-government Organizations; 10 Annemarieke Vermeer: Diplomatic Protection as a Source of Human Rights Law; 11 Gerd Oberleitner: Humanitarian Law as a Source of Human Rights Law; 12 Janelle Diller: The International Labor Movement; 13 Peter Kovacs: The League of Nations Precedents; III.NBStructural Principles; 14 Paolo Carozza: Human Dignity; 15 Gerald Neuman: Subsidiarity; 16 Johan van der Vyver: Sovereignty; 17 Rudiger Wolfrum: Solidarity; 18 Jarlath Clifford: Equality; 19 Yutaka Arai-Takahashi: Proportionality; 20 Christian Tomuschat: Democracy and the Rule of Law; IV. Normative Evolution; 21 Bertram Ramcharan: The Law-Making Process: From Declaration to Treaty and Custom; 22 Martin Scheinin: The Concept of Core Rights and Obligations; 23 Erika de Wet: Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes; 24 Dinah Shelton and Ariel Gould: Positive and Negative Obligations; V.NBInstitutions and Actors; 25 Miloon Kothari: From Commission to Council: The Evolution of UN Charter Bodies; 26 Nigel Rodley: The Role and Impact of Treaty Bodies; 27 Cecilia Medina: International Tribunals: Interpreting or Creating Rights and Obligations?; 28 Christof Heyns and Magnus Killander: Thinking Globally, Acting Regionally: Universality and the Growth of Regional Systems; 29 Nisuke Ando: National Implementation and Interpretation; 30 David Weissbrodt: The Role and Responsibility of Non-State Actors; VI.NBHuman Rights and General International Law; 31

Professor Dinah Shelton was the inaugural holder of the Manatt/Ahn Professorship in International Law at the George Washington University Law School, where she has taught since 2004. She previously taught international law and was director of the doctoral program in international human rights law at the University of Notre Dame Law School (1996-2004). She has also lectured at universities throughout the world. Professor Shelton is the author of three prize-winning books, Protecting Human Rights in the Americas (co-authored with Thomas Buergenthal), Remedies in International Human Rights Law, and the three-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity. She has also authored many other articles and books on international law, human rights law, and international environmental law. Professor Shelton is a member of the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law.