Human Rights from a Comparative and International Law Perspective
- ISBN-10
- 1868883612
- ISBN-13
- 9781868883615
- Category
- Comparative law
- Pages
- 309
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Unisa Press
- Authors
- Joan Church, Christian Schulze, Hennie Strydom
Description
In terms of the South African Constitution of 1996 there is a general need for an introduction to comparative law and one that covers what is technically known as applied comparative law; more particularly applied comparative law that involves a study of the bills of rights in other countries.
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