HUMR5191 - Spring 2018

Syllabus/achievement requirements

Required Reading

All books and compendiums can be purchased from Akademika bookstore, Law Faculty (Domus Nova).

a) Books:

Andreassen, B?rd A, Hans-Otto Sano and Siobhán McInerney-Lankford (2017), Research Methods in Human Rights. A Handbook, London: Ed Elgar 2017. Chapters 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10. (111 pp)
Nygaard, Lynn P (2008/2015), Writing for Scholars. A Practical Guide to Making Sense and being Heard, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. (190 pp)
Landman, Todd (2006), Studying Human Rights, London and New York: Routledge, Ch 1, pp 1-18 (17 pp), Ch 3, pp 36-57 (21 pp) https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=BIBSYS_ILS71520786030002201&context=L&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&isFrbr=true&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Trachtenberg, Marc (2006), The Craft of International History: A Guide to Method, Princeton University Press, Ch 1, pp 1-29. (29 pp) http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/trachtenberg/cv/craft.pdf

b) Articles

The following chapters and articles are available directly from Internet or by using "ORIA"

You may search for journals (printed and e-journals) by using "ORIA" or "Find e-Journal". Both are available at the English home page of The Faculty of Law Library: http://www.ub.uio.no/english/

Ekern, Stener (2010), “The modernizing bias of human rights: stories of mass killings and genocide in Central America”, in Journal of Genocide research, 12:3-4, pp 219-242. (21 pp) http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623528.2010.52899
Kanstroom, Daniel (2008), “On 'Waterboarding': Legal Interpretation and the Continuing Struggle for Human Rights”, Boston College Third World Law Journal, Vol. 28, pp 269-287. (18 pp) http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/bctw28&page=269&collection=journals
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict - A/HRC/29/52, 24 June 2015, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIGazaConflict/Pages/ReportCoIGaza.aspx
Andreassen, B?rd A and Gordon Crawford (2015), ‘Human Rights and Development: Putting Power and Politics at the Center’, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol 33 (3), pp 662-691. 29 sider https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_museS1085794X15300049&context=PC&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Ekern, Stener, ?Towards a Mayan Theory of Human Rights: Sacred equilibria and the Consequences of Disrespect?, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 34 (4), 2016. (22 pp) DOI: 10.1080/18918131.2016.1248060 https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_tayfranc10.1080/18918131.2016.1248060&context=PC&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Focarelli, Carlo (2012), International Law as Social Construct: The Struggle for Global Justice, Oxford University Press, pp 89-140. (51 pp) https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_ebrary_pqebrary11272942&context=PC&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Zyberi, Gentian (2015), ‘The Role and Contribution of International Courts in Furthering Peace as an Essential Community Interest’, in Cecilia M Bailliet and Kjetil M Larsen (eds), Promoting Peace Through International Law, Oxford Univ. Press, Ch 17, pp 344-367. (23 pp) https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_oxford_scholarshiposo/9780198722731.003.0017&context=PC&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO
Daniels, Norman (1979), ‘Wide Reflective Equilibrium and Theory Acceptance in Ethics’, The Journal of Philosophy, Vol 76 (5), pp 256-282. (26 pp) https://bibsys-almaprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_jstor_archive_110.2307/2025881&context=PC&vid=UIO&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=no_NO

c) Compendium

The following chapters and articles are available in a compendium:

Brems, Eva (2009), “Methods in Legal Human Rights Research”, in Coomans, Fons, Fred Grünfeld and Menno T Kamminga (eds.), Methods of Human Rights Research, Intersentia, pp 77-89. (12 pp)
Montgomery, Heather (2001), “Imposing Rights? A Case Study of Child Prostitution in Thailand”, in Cowan, Jane K., Marie-Bénédicte Dembour and Richard A. Wilson, Culture and Rights. Anthropological Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, 80-102. (22 pp)

Total: 636pp.