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Author Kendall, Chris, 1972- author.

Title Between possibility and peril : domestic courts and the selective enforcement of international human rights / Chris Kendall
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2024]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Contents International human rights, domestic courts -- Three-dimensional decision-making in the domestic Judiciary -- Colombia : balancing act -- South Africa : majoritarian difficulties -- Mexico : rigid reform
Summary "When do domestic courts protect the human rights enshrined in international law? This book explains how the highest courts in three young democracies-Colombia, Mexico, and South Africa-used international law to protect human rights while building their own institutional legitimacy, carefully balancing the demands of advocates, politicians, and international law itself"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject International law and human rights -- Case studies
International law and human rights -- Colombia
International law and human rights -- Mexico
International law and human rights -- South Africa
Courts -- Colombia
Courts -- Mexico
Courts -- South Africa
Human rights -- Colombia
Human rights -- Mexico
Human rights -- South Africa
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781512826227
1512826227