Human Rights
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articles
Date
2010
Actor
Quinlan, Peter
Source
Australasian Legal I...
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2012-10-08
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Hannah Schioldann
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The Human Rights Delusion: A Defence of the Narrative Tradition of the Common Law
“Protecting ‘human rights’ and the promotion of a ‘human rights culture’ have become, by tacit agreement, the only means of debating human dignity and justice in Australia. ‘Rights talk’ has become the lingua franca of all those wishing to engage in public debate about justice and public ethics ... This article explores the source and nature of those distortions [between a rights focused approach and assumptions concerning rights-bearers] and asks whether greater attention to the narrative approach of the common law, and its focus on relationships, will better build a ‘just culture.’” (Quoted from article)
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