1 Reflections on the Universality of Human Rights&Rainer Arnold 1
2 Universal Human Rights in the Law of the United States&Mortimer Sellers 13
3 Diversite culturelle et droits de la personne:la situation au Canada&Frederique Sabourin 33
4 The Impact of the Jurisprudence Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the Chilean Constitutional System&Jose Ignacio Martinez Estay 63
5 The Universal Nature of Human Rights: The Brazilian Stance Within Latin America's Human Rights Scenario&Marcelo Figueiredo 81
6 Cultural Relativism vs. Universalism: The South Pacific Reality&Jennifer Corrin 103
7 Implementation of Universal Human Rights Standards in Japan:An Interface of National and International Law&ABE Kohki 127
8 Human Rights as the Basis for a New Chinese Constitutionalism&Mo Jihong 141
9 Who Is Afraid of Human Rights? A Taiwanese Perspective&Yean-Sen Teng 155
10 Russia's Approach to the Universality of Human Rights&Daria Trenina and Mark Entin 175
11 The Legal and Constitutional Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights in the United Kingdom&Steven Greer 189
12 The Binding Effect of the ECHR in the United Kingdom - Views from Scotland&Jim Murdoch 209
13 The Struggle Concerning Interpretative Authority in the Context of Human Rights-The Belgian Experience&Matthias E. Storme 223
14 The Role of Human Rights in the Dutch Legal Order&Cedric Ryngaert 237
15 Rule of Law as a Basis for Effective Human Rights Protection: The German Perspective&Norman Weiβ 257
16 From the Rights of Citizen to the Fundamental Rights of Man: The Italian Experience&Alessandro Pace 269
17 Le juge en tant que defendeur des droits de l'homme:les observations grecques&Michail Vrontakis 287
18 Universality and Binding Effect of Human Rights from a Portuguese Perspective&Ana Maria Guerra Martins and Miguel Prata Roque 297
19 Human Rights in Times of Global Inequalities:A View from Slovakia&Darina Mackova 325
20 Human Rights as a Pillar of Transformation:A Polish Perspective&Ewa Letowska 341
21 Human Rights Protection in a New EU Member State:The Czech Example&Pavel Sturma 357
22 Multidimensional Protection of Universal Human Rights in Hungary&Nora Chronowski, Timea Drinoczi, and Jozsef Petretei 371
23 Croatia: Developing Judicial Culture of Fundamental Rights&Sinisa Rodin 391
24 The Implementation of the Human Rights Universality Principle in Ukraine&Alla Fedorova and Olena Sviatun 405
Index 421