Sexuality and Transsexuality Under the European Convention on Human Rights A Queer Reading of Human Rights Law

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book undertakes a critical analysis of international human rights law through the lens of queer theory. It pursues two main aims: first, to make use of queer theory to illustrate that the field of human rights law is underpinned by several assumptions that determine a conception of the subject that is gendered and sexual in specific ways. This gives rise to multiple legal and social consequences, some of which challenge the very idea of universality of human rights. Second, the book proposes that human rights law can actually benefit from a better understanding of queer critiques, since queer insights can help it to overcome heteronormative beliefs currently held. In order to achieve these main aims, the book focuses on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the leading legal authority in the field of international human rights law. The use of queer theory as the theoretical approach for these tasks serves to deconstruct several aspects of the Court's jurisprudence dealing with gender, sexuality, and kinship, to later suggest potential paths to reconstruct such features in a queer(er) and more universal manner.

Book information

ISBN: 9781509945306
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 342.4085
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 248
Weight: 390g
Height: 155mm
Width: 233mm
Spine width: 16mm