Human Rights in Emergencies

Evan J. Criddle is Professor of Law at William and Mary Law School, Virginia, where he specializes in public international law, international legal theory, human rights, fiduciary law and administrative law.

• Introduction: testing human rights theory during emergencies Evan J. Criddle; Part I. Designing a Human Rights Regime for Emergencies: 1. Constrained derogation in positive human rights regimes Gerald L. Neuman; 2. Protecting human rights during emergencies: delegation, derogation, and deference Evan J. Criddle; 3. Two models of normative frameworks for human rights during severe emergencies James W. Nickel; Part II. Law, Politics, and Power: 4. Emergency and escape: explaining derogations from human rights treaties Emily M. Hafner-Burton, Laurence R. Helfer and Christopher J. Fariss; 5. The cloak and dagger game of emergency and war Fionnuala Ní Aoláin; 6. The law of emergency and reason of state Thomas Poole; 7. Human rights lawyers v. Carl Schmitt William E. Scheuerman; Part III. Emerging Challenges: 8. Human rights and derogation in peacekeeping: addressing a legal vacuum within the state of exception Scott Sheeran; 9. Austerity measures and international economic, social, and cultural rights Diane A. Desierto.

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