Introduction

I. Europe

1. Protection of Human Rights by the Judiciary in Romania

Monica Macovei

2. The Judicial Protection of the Constitutional Rights and Freedoms in Russia: Myths and Reality

Igor Petrukhin

II. Israel and the Occupied Territories

3. The Protection of Human Rights by Judges: The Israeli Experience

Stephen Goldstein

4. Judicial Protection in Israeli-Occupied Territories

John Quigley

III. Latin America

5. Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Latin America: Heroism and Pragmatism

Brian Turner

IV. India, the Philippines and China

6. Freedom from Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: The Role of the Supreme Court of India

Vijayashri Sripati

7. Judicial Defense of Human Rights during the Marcos Dictatorship in the Philippines: The Careers of Claudio Teehankee and Cecelia Munoz Palma

C. Neal Tate

8. Legal Culture, Legal Professionals and the Future of Human Rights in China

Albert Melone

Xiaolin Wang

V. The Protection of Indigenous Rights: The Australian Example

9. "Retreat from Injustice": The High Court of Australia and Native Title

Garth Nettheim

VI. The United States

10. U.S. Courts and the Selective Protection of Human Rights

Mark Gibney

Concluding Remarks

For Further Reading

Index

About the Editors and Contributors