POLS 317 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Eurocentrism, Spiral Model
2 Mar 2018
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Overlegalizing human rights: international relations theory and the. Commonwealth caribbean backlash against human rights regimes - helfer. Incorporation of treaty terms into domestic law ideational/constructivist. Shifts in obligation, precision, or delegation as a result. States want to achieve the treaty terms but simply cant. States outside of the european standard view have relatively little enforcement procedures. Take on more than they can bc there"ll be no repercussions. States that recent studies found over commitment to be harmful in the long run. Jamaica, trinidad and tobago, and guyana leave a treaty body due to judicial presence. Regional values in favor of capital punishment outweigh staying in treaty body. These nations were all former british colonies. Treaty increased the obligation, precision, and delegation for each nation involved. Britain, a strong nation, had attempted to get former colonies to abolish capital. Jamaica and trinidad and tobago are democracies and guyana is democratizing.
