A Handbook of International Human Rights Best Practices
Contains a draft catalogue of Human Rights and visual insights in over 70 tables and figures
Reviews over 175 constitutions and is applicable across the majority of jurisdictions
Wolfgang Babeck is an honorary adjunct professor at Bond University, Australia and a commercial lawyer admitted in New South Wales, England and Wales and Germany. Over the past 25 years Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Babeck has been involved in legal and constitutional reforms in Lithuania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam. Both in 2010 and in 2017 he chaired a constitutional conference for the country of Georgia. He lives in Sydney and occasionally in Berlin.
Albrecht Weber is a renowned scholar in the field of comparative constitutional law, European law and Fundamental Rights. Em. Prof. Dr. Albrecht Weber has taught in Osnabrück, Germany; France; Spain; Italy and Canada. He has published widely in the area, e.g. Europäische Verfassungsvergleichung (2010); European Constitutions Compared (2019); Fundamental Rights in Europe and North America (ed. 2000-2007); Menschenrechte. Texte und Fallpraxis (2004). He lives in Osnabrück.
Writing Constitutions intends to serve as a practical manual for those writing constitutions or interested in their design. It is the first systematic and universal approach to coherently capture concepts and contents of a modern constitution. Volume II is a user-friendly guide covering the current best practice in human rights and contains a draft catalogue of human rights. It empowers judges, lawyers, civil rights activists, legislators, and academics to draft and interpret over 70 Human Rights and strengthen democracies.
Writing Constitutions comes in three volumes:
- Volume I: Institutions
- Volume II: Fundamental Rights
- Volume III: Constitutional Principles
Chapter 1: Introduction to Fundamental Rights
(Albrecht Weber/Karl-Peter Sommermann/Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 2: Structure of Fundamental Rights Catalogues
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 3: Human Dignity (
Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 4: Civil Liberties I (Freedom, Life, Liberty, Privacy)
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 5: Civil Liberties II (Freedom of Thought, Expression, Religion, Assembly, Association and Movement)
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 6: Civil Liberties III (Property and Economic Rights, Educational Rights, Arts and Science, Asylum)
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 7: Equality Rights
(Monika Florczak-Wator).- Chapter 8: Political Rights
(Wolfgang Babeck/Diana-Urania Galetta/Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 9: General Judicial Rights (
Karl-Peter Sommermann/Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 10: Specific Judicial Rights (
Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 11: Rights and Principles of the Economic, Social and Cultural Order
(Eberhard Eichenhofer).- Chapter 12: Global Collective Rights (
Eberhard Eichenhofer).- Chapter 13: Minority Rights
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 14: Rights of the Children, Elderly and Handicapped
(Wolfgang Babeck/Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 15: Environmental Rights (Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 16: Constitutional Duties
(Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 17: Limitation and Derogation of Fundamental Rights (
Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 18: Judicial Protection of Fundamental Rights (
Albrecht Weber).
Writing Constitutions intends to serve as a practical manual for those writing constitutions or interested in their design. It is the first systematic and universal approach to coherently capture concepts and contents of a modern constitution. Volume II is a user-friendly guide covering the current best practice in human rights and contains a draft catalogue of human rights. It empowers judges, lawyers, civil rights activists, legislators, and academics to draft and interpret over 70 Human Rights and strengthen democracies.
Writing Constitutions comes in three volumes:
- Volume I: Institutions
- Volume II: Fundamental Rights
- Volume III: Constitutional Principles
Writing Constitutions intends to serve as a practical manual for those writing constitutions or interested in their design. It is the first systematic and universal approach to coherently capture concepts and contents of a modern constitution. Volume II is a user-friendly guide covering the current best practice in human rights and contains a draft catalogue of human rights. It empowers judges, lawyers, civil rights activists, legislators, and academics to draft and interpret over 70 Human Rights and strengthen democracies.
Writing Constitutions comes in three volumes:
- Volume I: Institutions
- Volume II: Fundamental Rights
- Volume III: Constitutional Principles
Chapter 1: Introduction to Fundamental Rights
(Albrecht Weber/Karl-Peter Sommermann/Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 2: Structure of Fundamental Rights Catalogues
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 3: Human Dignity (
Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 4: Civil Liberties I (Freedom, Life, Liberty, Privacy)
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 5: Civil Liberties II (Freedom of Thought, Expression, Religion, Assembly, Association and Movement)
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 6: Civil Liberties III (Property and Economic Rights, Educational Rights, Arts and Science, Asylum)
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 7: Equality Rights
(Monika Florczak-Wator).- Chapter 8: Political Rights
(Wolfgang Babeck/Diana-Urania Galetta/Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 9: General Judicial Rights (
Karl-Peter Sommermann/Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 10: Specific Judicial Rights (
Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 11: Rights and Principles of the Economic, Social and Cultural Order
(Eberhard Eichenhofer).- Chapter 12: Global Collective Rights (
Eberhard Eichenhofer).- Chapter 13: Minority Rights
(Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 14: Rights of the Children, Elderly and Handicapped
(Wolfgang Babeck/Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 15: Environmental Rights (Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 16: Constitutional Duties
(Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 17: Limitation and Derogation of Fundamental Rights (
Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 18: Judicial Protection of Fundamental Rights (
Albrecht Weber).
Wolfgang Babeck is an honorary adjunct professor at Bond University, Australia and a commercial lawyer admitted in New South Wales, England and Wales and Germany. Over the past 25 years Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Babeck has been involved in legal and constitutional reforms in Lithuania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam. Both in 2010 and in 2017 he chaired a constitutional conference for the country of Georgia. He lives in Sydney and occasionally in Berlin.
Albrecht Weber is a renowned scholar in the field of comparative constitutional law, European law and Fundamental Rights. Em. Prof. Dr. Albrecht Weber has taught in Osnabrück, Germany; France; Spain; Italy and Canada. He has published widely in the area, e.g. Europäische Verfassungsvergleichung (2010); European Constitutions Compared (2019); Fundamental Rights in Europe and North America (ed. 2000-2007); Menschenrechte. Texte und Fallpraxis (2004). He lives in Osnabrück.
Über den Autor
Wolfgang Babeck is an honorary adjunct professor at Bond University, Australia and a commercial lawyer admitted in New South Wales, England and Wales and Germany. Over the past 25 years Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Babeck has been involved in legal and constitutional reforms in Lithuania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam. Both in 2010 and in 2017 he chaired a constitutional conference for the country of Georgia. He lives in Sydney and occasionally in Berlin.
Albrecht Weber is a renowned scholar in the field of comparative constitutional law, European law and Fundamental Rights. Em. Prof. Dr. Albrecht Weber has taught in Osnabrück, Germany; France; Spain; Italy and Canada. He has published widely in the area, e.g. Europäische Verfassungsvergleichung (2010); European Constitutions Compared (2019); Fundamental Rights in Europe and North America (ed. 2000-2007); Menschenrechte. Texte und Fallpraxis (2004). He lives in Osnabrück.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: Introduction to Fundamental Rights (Albrecht Weber/Karl-Peter Sommermann/Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 2: Structure of Fundamental Rights Catalogues (Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 3: Human Dignity (Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 4: Civil Liberties I (Freedom, Life, Liberty, Privacy) (Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 5: Civil Liberties II (Freedom of Thought, Expression, Religion, Assembly, Association and Movement) (Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 6: Civil Liberties III (Property and Economic Rights, Educational Rights, Arts and Science, Asylum) (Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 7: Equality Rights (Monika Florczak-W¿tor).- Chapter 8: Political Rights (Wolfgang Babeck/Diana-Urania Galetta/Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 9: General Judicial Rights (Karl-Peter Sommermann/Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 10: Specific Judicial Rights (Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 11: Rights and Principles of the Economic, Social and Cultural Order (Eberhard Eichenhofer).- Chapter 12: Global Collective Rights (Eberhard Eichenhofer).- Chapter 13: Minority Rights (Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 14: Rights of the Children, Elderly and Handicapped (Wolfgang Babeck/Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 15: Environmental Rights (Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 16: Constitutional Duties (Wolfgang Babeck).- Chapter 17: Limitation and Derogation of Fundamental Rights (Albrecht Weber).- Chapter 18: Judicial Protection of Fundamental Rights (Albrecht Weber).
Klappentext
Writing Constitutions intends to serve as a practical manual for those writing constitutions or interested in their design. It is the first systematic and universal approach to coherently capture concepts and contents of a modern constitution. Volume II is a user-friendly guide covering the current best practice in human rights and contains a draft catalogue of human rights. It empowers judges, lawyers, civil rights activists, legislators, and academics to draft and interpret over 70 Human Rights and strengthen democracies.
Writing Constitutions comes in three volumes:
- Volume I: Institutions
- Volume II: Fundamental Rights
- Volume III: Constitutional Principles
A Handbook of International Human Rights Best Practices
Contains a draft catalogue of Human Rights and visual insights in over 70 tables and figures
Reviews over 175 constitutions and is applicable across the majority of jurisdictions
