Human Dignity and International Law
Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Setting the Scene: 100 Years of Human Dignity -- Chapter 2 Italian International Lawyers Facing Racial Laws: the Fate of Angelo Piero Sereni and Edoardo Vitta -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Early Stages of Their Academic Careers -- 3 Leaving Italy: a Difficult Decision -- 4 Returning to Their Academic Home: Challenge and Recognition -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 3 Hersch Lauterpacht and Human Dignity -- i Introduction -- ii Phase i (1922-1943): Humanité diffuse -- iii Phase ii (1943-1960): Humanité cristallisée -- iv Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Pure Theory of Law Amidst the Tempest: Hans Kelsen, Democracy and Human Rights -- 1 Introduction: Human Rights Enshrined in Kelsen's Systemic Theory -- 2 Human Rights as Part and Parcel of the "essence and value" of Democracy -- 3 Pure Theory of Law and the Punishment of the "most objectionable acts" -- 4 Conclusion: Kelsen's Sense of Justice -- Chapter 5 Nikolaos Politis and the Legal Status of the Individual in the International Legal Order -- 1 Individuals as Creators of International Law in Politis' Doctrine -- 2 Individuals as Objects or as Subjects of International Law in Politis' Doctrine -- 3 Individuals as Capable Subjects in the International Legal Order in Politis' Doctrine -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 6 International Institutional Protection of Human Rights: Achievements and Failures -- i Substantive Human Rights Guarantees -- ii Institutional Mechanisms -- 1 General Considerations -- 2 Monitoring by the Political Organs of the United Nations-the Early Period -- 3 The Expert Bodies within the Framework of the Core Human Rights Treaties -- iii Universal Periodic Review -- iv Conclusion -- Chapter 7 The Promise of International Criminal Justice: Achievements and Failures in Protecting Human Dignity.
