A Global Political Morality: Human Rights, Democracy, and Constitutionalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781316611005)

In A Global Political Morality, Michael J. Perry addresses several related questions in human rights theory, political theory and constitutional theory. He begins by explaining what the term 'human right' means and then elaborates and defends the morality of human rights, which is the first truly global morality in human history. Perry also pursues the implications of the morality of human rights for democratic governance and for the proper role of courts - especially the US Supreme Court - in protecting constitutionally entrenched human rights. The principal constitutional controversies discussed in the book are capital punishment, race-based affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide and abortion.

Author: Michael J. Perry
ISBN-10: 1316611000
ISBN-13: 9781316611005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2017
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d