The Inter American Court of Human Rights

This book provides a critical legal perspective on the legitimacy of international courts and tribunals. The book will be a valuable resource for scholars working in the areas of human rights law, law, public international law, legal theory, constitutional political science, and legal philosophy.

Auteur

Natalia Torres Zúñiga is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo. She writes in the areas of international human rights law, constitutional law, law and political economy.

Contenu

INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 1: A GENERAL FRAMEWORK ON THE DISCOURSE ON THE LEGITIMACY OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES, CHAPTER 2: IDEOLOGY AND SELF-VALIDATION: CRITICAL LEGAL THEORY, CHAPTER 3: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ITS PRACTICE AS A SUPRACONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL, CHAPTER 4: TWO COMPETING LEGAL STREAMS ON THE LEGITIMACY OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CHAPTER 5: STATE-CENTRIC VS. CONSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSES?: CONFLUENCE RATHER THAN OPPOSITION, CHAPTER 6: IDEOLOGY AND THE IMAGE OF THE IACTHR AS DEMOCRACY-BUILDER, CONCLUSION