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Advocating social change through international law: exploring the choice between hard and soft international law

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Abstract

Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Exploring the Relationship between Hard and Soft International Law and Social Change -- I Introduction -- II Overview of the Book -- Chapter 2 The Softening of Hard Law and the Hardening of Soft Law: an Extended Synopsis -- i Introduction -- ii Soft Power -- A The Phases of 'soft' Law Regimes -- B The Footfalls of Anthropocene -- iii Towards a Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Promoting Social Change through Treaties and Customary International Law: the Experience of the Inter-American Human Rights System -- i Introduction -- ii The Inter-American System -- A Structure -- B Historical Developments -- iii Illustrative Cases in the Inter-American System -- A Velásquez Rodriguez v. Honduras (1988) -- 1 Brief Factual Overview -- 2 Impact on Social Change -- B Barrios Altos v. Peru (2001) -- 1 Brief Factual Overview -- 2 Impact on Social Change -- C Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community v. Nicaragua (2001) -- 1 Brief Factual Overview -- 2 Impact on Social Change -- D General Usón-Ramírez v. Venezuela -- 1 Brief Factual Overview -- 2 Impact on Social Change -- iv Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Children's Rights: Social Change through the Application of Hard and Soft International Law -- i Introduction -- ii Overview of International Law Pertaining to the Child -- A Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 1 History of Children's Rights and the Making of the Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 2 Ratification and Legal Status -- B Other Binding Treaties That Directly Affect Children's Rights -- C Regional Charter on Children's Rights -- D Optional Protocols to the crc -- E Soft Law Related to the crc -- 1 Rules and Guidelines -- 2 Resolutions -- 3 General Comments of the crc Committee.

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Advocating social change through international law: exploring the choice between hard and soft international law

In: China in the World volume7

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Advocating social change through international law: exploring the choice between hard and soft international law

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English

Publisher

Brill Nijhoff

ISBN

9789004417021

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