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La Torre, Massimo; Niglia, Leone; Susi, Mart --- "The Quest for Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) [2019] ELECD 1800

Editor(s): La Torre, Massimo; Niglia, Leone; Susi, Mart

Title: The Quest for Rights

Sub-title: Ideal and Normative Dimensions

Topics: Constitutional and Administrative Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 30 August 2019

Number of pages: c 256

Abstract/Description:

This discerning book explores the concept of human and fundamental rights, originating from the seminal work by the German legal scholar and constitutional lawyer Robert Alexy. Recognising the growing challenges to the idea of the universality of Human Rights, expert scholars consider time-independent conceptual questions which inevitably lie at the heart of any contemporary human rights discourse: What is the justification of balancing and/or trading off fundamental rights against other rights and collective goods? And are there utilitarian considerations that can limit the normative force of human rights?