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