Where the light gets in

Catherine Renshaw

Where the light gets in

Catherine Renshaw

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Human rights are not a perfect body of philosophical principles, social understandings, or legal practices. Nonetheless human rights and their accompanying institutions are, in our contemporary world, one of those places where the light gets in.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nonsense on Stilts: Rescuing Human Rights in Australia
Editors	Damien Freeman, Catherine Renshaw
Place of Publication	Redland Bay, Qld.
Publisher	Connor Court Publishing
Pages	43-60
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9781925826685
Publication status	Published - 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

human rights
light
law
deliberative democracy

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Where the light gets in

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