TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jaichand,Vinodh
AU  - Suksi,Markku
TI  - 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Europe
SN  - 9789050958806 (pbk.)
AV  - KJC5132 .A898 2009
U1  - 320.5 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Antwerp, Portland, OR
PB  - Intersentia Publishers, Distribution for the USA and Canada: International Specialized Book Services
KW  - United Nations
KW  - General Assembly
KW  - Universal Declaration of Human Rights
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Europe
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Belgium : a reference instrument, but without the binding force -- France : the origins, with the prospect of increasing effect -- The United Kingdom : developing a human rights culture -- Denmark : a document of ideological importance -- Greece : more verbalism, less effectiveness? -- Luxembourg : content without reference? -- The Netherlands : religious inspiration, but little domestic impact -- Poland : from oblivion to legal use -- Sweden : underestimation of rights -- Austria : keeping a low profile -- Bulgaria : evolving into democracy under the UDHR template -- Finland : political, not legal -- Hungary : the impact on the freedom of expression -- Ireland : from domestic pre-occupations to wider reception -- Italy : a legal puzzle, but the civil society has taken the ball and runs with it -- Portugal : human rights guidelines from the Constitution to sugar bags -- Romania : sidelined to the margins of legal pluralism -- Spain : from totalitarianism to fulfilment -- Cyprus : from an interesting colonial legacy to post-conflict contextualisation -- Germany : from imposition to adherence -- Malta : a tenuous link in human rights practice and procedure -- The Czech Republic : from lip service to concrete application -- Estonia : transition through human rights -- Latvia : binding force through court practice -- Lithuania : subtle material impact -- The Slovak Republic : political significance, not legal -- Slovenia : indirect but increasing impact; The council of Europe : first steps and then some : collective enforcement of the universal declaration -- The European Union : in search of legitimacy -- The OSCE : a commitment to human rights -- A view from the outside -- Concluding remarks on Europe : diversity within the unity
ER  -