Constitutional Provisions for Individual Human Rights (1977-1996)
Are They More than Mere “Window Dressing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Camp Keith (Collin County Community College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-143 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591290205500105 |
| OpenAlex | W2033217812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 87 |
| References cited | 92 |
This global cross-national study seeks to build upon earlier studies that have tested the impact of constitutional provisions upon state human rights behavior. I examine across a twenty-year period the impact of constitutional provisions for six individual freedoms and four due process rights on state abuse of the right to personal integrity Here I find statistical evidence that some constitutional provisions do matter, even when controlling for democracy and for other factors known to influence human rights behavior. While none of the constitutional provisions for individual freedoms is statistically significant, two of the due process provisions (provisions for fair and public trials) do decrease substantially the likelihood that states will abuse their own citizens' human rights. The other two due process provisions, which have become almost universal, the ban against torture, and the writ of habeas corpus, are quite disappointing in that they do not produce the expected impact. Over the long term, the trial provisions would lead to a decrease of about one level in the personal integrity abuse score, which is only somewhat less than the impact produced by other variables in the model, such as population size
Bill of rights · Constitution · Constitutional law · Constitutional right · Democracy · Habeas corpus · Human rights · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Torture · Writ · Human Rights and Development · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies
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