{"product_id":"defining-rights-and-wrongs-9780774813525","title":"Defining Rights and Wrongs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman rights complaints attract a great deal of public interest, but what is going on below the surface? When people contact a human rights lawyer, how do they think about and use human rights discourse? How are complaints turned into cases? Can administrative systems be both effective and fair? \u003cem\u003eDefining Rights and Wrongs\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the day-to-day practices of low-level officials and intermediaries as they construct domestic human rights complaints. It identifies the values that a human rights system should uphold if it is to promote mutual respect and foster the personal dignity and equal rights of citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a short book … but one which punches beyond its weight … She firmly grounds the debate about human rights and their domestic enforcement in her analysis of the empirical data and the social reality of public administration … Her book is an admirable and pithy contribution which offers much to those interested in human rights, discrimination, public administration and administrative justice. -- Simon Halliday, University of Strathclyde * Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 18, No.4 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 An Overview of Public Administration of Human Rights Enforcement in Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Roles of Frontline Staff and Independent Lawyers in the Public Administration of Human Rights Enforcement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Transforming Human Rights Complaints into Cases\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Publics, Counterpublics, and the Public Interest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Excerpts from the Ontario Human Rights Code\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404915515735,"sku":"9780774813525","price":73.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774813525.jpg?v=1730488038","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/defining-rights-and-wrongs-9780774813525","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}