PHILOSOPHER KINGS? THE ADJUDICATION OF CONFLICTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL VALUESPDF电子书下载

PART Ⅰ. PROLEGOMENA 1

Chapter 1. Introduction 3

Chapter 2. "Rights" Discourse 13

Chapter 3. Structural Impediments to Consistent Application of"Universal" Human Rights 21

PART Ⅱ. THE DIFFICULT ISSUES 35

Chapter 4. The Enlarged View of Rights in Contemporary Constitutions and Human Rights Conventions-he Notion of Defeasible Rights 37

Chapter 5. Litigation Involving a Conflict of Rights, Each of Equal Value 51

PART Ⅲ. THE LIMITED HELP FROM PHILOSOPHY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 75

Chapter 6. The Epistemology of Judicial Decision Making 77

Chapter 7. The Unsuccessful Attempt to Find a Philosophical"North Star" to Aid in Judicial Decision Making 89

Chapter 8. The Use of Balancing Tests and Factor Analysis-the InevitabletTendency to Resort to Bright-Line Tests 105

PART Ⅳ. CASE-BY-CASE ADJUDICATION 117

Chapter 9. An Overview of Case-by-Case Adjudication, Its Possible Goals,and the Influence of Legal Traditions 119

Chapter 10. The Optimal Conditions for Case-by-Case Adjudication and Its Limits 129

Chapter 11. Case-by-Case Adjudication of Contentious Human Rights Controversies 147

PART Ⅴ. CONCLUSION 165

Chapter 12. What If We Must Choose? 167

Bibliography 177

Table of Cases 183

Index 189