PO333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Black Letter Law, Jeremy Bentham, International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights
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Po333 march 21/ 2016 human rights in international law. African charter on hr and peoples rights (1981) African court on hr and peoples rights (1988) Has at times been the pre-curser of positive law. General principles of law because we accept that there are certain rules and be- haviour that have stood that passaged of time. Black letter law evolution of modern international (human rights) law. Many scholars were there, and their teachings were rooted in salamanca. 1st to begin to speak out about rights and the obligation of states. At one point they were leading the global discussion if right should be given to all hu- mans and whether this idea of human right could help indigenous groups from being oppressed by commoners. Life is solitary, nasty, short, and brutish. Only the state can have absolute power. The individual has only those rights that state gives him/her. Embraced idea that gov"t should work for people.
