1st Edition
The Right to Democracy in International Law Between Procedure, Substance and the Philosophy of John Rawls
By Khalifa A Alfadhel
Copyright 2017
124 Pages
by
Routledge
124 Pages
by
Routledge
124 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the right to democracy in international law and contemporary democratic theory, asking whether international law encompasses a substantive or procedural understanding of the notion. The book considers whether there can be considered to be a basis for the right to democracy in international customary law through identification of the relevant State practice and opinio juris ,... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Right to Democracy in International Customary Law 3. The Right to Democracy in International Conventions – The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 4. The Substantive Right to Democracy in International Law 5. Democracy and the Citizen in the Philosophy of John Rawls 6. Conclusion
Biography
Khalifa A. Alfadhel is Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the University of Bahrain.
