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Human Rights as Demands for Communicative Action

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dc.contributor.authorGauri, Varun
dc.contributor.authorBrinks, Daniel M.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T17:28:54Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T17:28:54Z
dc.date.issued2012-01-01
dc.description.abstractA key issue with human rights is how to allocate duties correlative to rights claims. But the philosophical literature, drawing largely on naturalistic or interactional accounts of human rights, develops answers to this question that do not illuminate actual human rights problems. Charles Beitz, in recent work, attempts to develop a conception of human rights more firmly rooted in, and helpful for, current practice. While a move in the right direction, his account does not incorporate the domestic practice of human rights, and as a result remains insufficiently instructive for many human rights challenges. This paper addresses the problem of allocating correlative duties by taking the practices of domestic courts in several countries as a normative benchmark. Upon reviewing how courts in Colombia, India, South Africa, Indonesia, and elsewhere have allocated duties associated with socio-economic rights, the paper finds that courts urge parties to move from an adversarial to an investigative mode, impose requirements that parties argue in good faith, and structure a public forum of communication. The conclusion argues that judicial practice involves requiring respondents to engage in communicative, instead of strategic, action, and explores the implications of this understanding of human rights.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120118161520
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5951
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3239
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5951
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACADEMIC FREEDOM
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE LAW
dc.subjectAPARTHEID
dc.subjectBASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectBASIC RIGHTS
dc.subjectCANDIDATES
dc.subjectCITIZEN ENGAGEMENT
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCIVIL LIBERTIES
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectCONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectCOURT CASES
dc.subjectCOURT DECISION
dc.subjectCOURT ORDER
dc.subjectCULTURAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectDAMAGES
dc.subjectDANGERS
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDISPLACED PERSONS
dc.subjectDISPLACED] PERSON
dc.subjectDOMESTIC COURTS
dc.subjectDRUGS
dc.subjectDUE PROCESS
dc.subjectDUE PROCESS OF LAW
dc.subjectECONOMIC RIGHTS
dc.subjectEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectENTITLEMENT
dc.subjectEXPLOITATION
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFOREIGN POLICY
dc.subjectFREE SPEECH
dc.subjectFREEDOM
dc.subjectFREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
dc.subjectFREEDOMS
dc.subjectFUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectGOOD FAITH
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH SECTOR
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHT
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
dc.subjectINJUSTICE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TREATIES
dc.subjectJUDGES
dc.subjectJUDICIAL REVIEW
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLIABILITY
dc.subjectLIBERTY
dc.subjectMEDICAL ASSOCIATION
dc.subjectMEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectMEDICATION
dc.subjectMP
dc.subjectPARLIAMENTARIANS
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKING
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL THEORY
dc.subjectPRIVATE LAW
dc.subjectPUBLIC DEBATES
dc.subjectPUBLIC INTEREST
dc.subjectPUBLIC LAW
dc.subjectPUBLIC OFFICIALS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectREMEDIES
dc.subjectRIGHT
dc.subjectSANCTIONS
dc.subjectSEXUAL ASSAULT
dc.subjectSLAVE
dc.subjectSOCIAL INSURANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subjectSOCIAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectTERMINATION
dc.subjectTERRORISM
dc.subjectTHREAT
dc.subjectTHREATS
dc.subjectTREATMENTS
dc.subjectTRIGGERS
dc.subjectVACCINE
dc.subjectVICTIMS
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectWARNING
dc.subjectWELFARE RIGHTS
dc.titleHuman Rights as Demands for Communicative Actionen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleHuman Rights as Demands for Communicative Action
okr.date.disclosure2012-01-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:04:38.915676Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120118161520
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid864411468152719843
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5951
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20120118161520
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum15641882
okr.identifier.reportWPS5951
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.sectorPrimary education,Law and justice,Health
okr.sectorEducation,Public Administration, Law, and Justice,Health and other social services
okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.unitDECRG: Human Development (DECHD)
okr.volume1 of 1
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