State Crime and the Sociology of Human Rights (El crimen de Estado y la sociología de los Derechos Humanos)

This article explores the relation between normative and sociological conceptions of ‘human rights’, and their use in defining and analysing state crime. Drawing on the work or Bryan Turner and Georg Simmel, it argues that ‘human rights violations’ should not be understood primarily as infractions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tony Ward
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universidad de Barcelona 2013-09-01
Series:Crítica Penal y Poder
Online Access:https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/CriticaPenalPoder/article/view/6230