World influences on human rights language in constitutions
A cross-national study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2355239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin J Beck (0000-0003-2829-5894, Pomona College), Gili S Drori (0000-0002-2206-7930, Hebrew University, Israel), J W Meyer (0000-0001-5581-9038, Stanford University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 483-501 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-5809 • E-ISSN: 1461-7242 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0268580912443575 |
| OpenAlex | W2081690244 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 41 |
A recent movement has extended previous emphases on the rights of national citizens by asserting the global human rights of all persons. This article describes the extent to which this change is reflected in the language of national constitutions around the world. Human rights language - formerly absent from almost all constitutions - now appears in most of them. Rather than characterizing developed or democratic states, human rights language is, first, especially common in countries most susceptible to global influences. Second, human rights language is driven by the extent of the international human rights regime at the time of a constitution's writing. Third, human rights language tends to appear in newer constitutions and in the constitutions of emergent and reorganized states. National constitutions are imprinted with global social conditions, which now stress the discourse of human rights
Constitution · Democracy · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International human rights law · Linguistic rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Right to property · Rights of Nature · Sociology · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal Language and Interpretation · Ombudsman and Human Rights
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| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |