The Rights Revolution
The Rights Revolution

Author: Michael Ignatieff

Publisher: House of Anansi

Published: 2008-12-01

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0887848923

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With an updated preface by the author. Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe. Indeed, rights have become the trump card in every argument. Long-standing fights for aboriginal rights, the issue of preserving the linguistic heritage of minorities, and same-sex marriage have steered our society into a full-blown rights revolution. This revolution is not only deeply controversial in North America, but is being watched around the world. Are group rights jeopardizing individual rights? When everyone asserts their rights, what happens to responsibilities? Can families survive and prosper when each member has rights? Is rights language empowering individuals while weakening community? Michael Ignatieff confronts these controversial questions head-on in The Rights Revolution, defending the supposed individualism of rights language against all comers. For Ignatieff, believing in rights means believing in politics, believing in deliberation rather than confrontation, compromise rather than violence.

What Good Condition?
What Good Condition?

Author: Peter Read

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2006-12-01

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1920942912

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"What Good Condition? collects edited papers, initially delivered at the Treaty Advancing Reconciliation conference, on the proposal for a treaty between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, a proposal which has been discussed and dissected for nearly 30 years. Featuring contributions from prominent Aboriginal community leaders, legal experts and academics, this capacious work provides an overview of the context and legacy of the residue of treaty proposals and negotiations in past decades; a consideration of the implications of treaty in an Indigenous, national and international context; and, finally, some reflections on regional aspirations and achievements."--Publisher's description.

The Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal

Author: Janine Hayward

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1877242322

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Reviews the Tribunal's place in contemporary New Zealand and takes a critical look at its role in reshaping Maori identity. The book concludes by reflecting on the future of the Waitangi Tribunal, and the contribution it makes to developing notions of reparatory and distributive justice in New Zealand.