Human Rights and Justice by Melissa Labonte, Kurt Mills - 9781138036789

Taylor & Francis

Human Rights and JusticePhilosophical, Economic, and Social Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Melissa Labonte, Kurt Mills\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138036789, 978-1138036789\nSynopsis\nThe relationship between human rights and justice is significant, deep, and ultimately contested. The two terms themselves human rights and justice have experienced both conceptual and operational pushback from many quarters in recent years. \n\nAlthough an understanding of justice is inherent in broad human rights discourses, there is no clear consensus on how to integrate and reconcile these concepts both as a means of advancing knowledge and as a mechanism for the development of sound and effective policy at the global, regional, and national levels. Further, expansions of the boundaries of both human rights and justice make any clear and settled understanding of the relation difficult to ascertain. This volume tackles these is.