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"Contents" [2019] ELECD 1802; in La Torre, Massimo; Niglia, Leone; Susi, Mart (eds), "The Quest for Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) v

Book Title: The Quest for Rights

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

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents

List of contributors vii

1 Introduction 1
Massimo La Torre, Leone Niglia and Mart Susi

2 A non-positivistic concept of constitutional rights 13
Robert Alexy

3 Radbruch's formula and human rights 27
Martin Borowski

4 The practice-independency of human rights 49
Luís Pereira Coutinho

5 Constitutional rights as moral judgments 64
Pavlos Eleftheriadis

6 A response to Estonian critics of principles theory 88
Madis Ernits

7 How right is the basis of law 109
Matthias Kaufmann

8 Turning proportionality upside down: from legitimising
principle to critical tool 124
Agustín José Menéndez

9 Human rights are not universal and cannot be natural 144
Rein Müllerson

10 Between `institutionalizing reason' and private law:
a comparative map of influences 159
Leone Niglia

11 Balancing fundamental rights on the internet ­ the
proportionality paradigm and private online capabilities 173
Mart Susi


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12 An existential foundation for human rights ­ meaning
before justification 194
Massimo La Torre

13 Principles and policies: once more 215
Kaarlo Tuori

Index 233