Methods of human rights research
By: edited by Fons Coomans, Fred Grünfeld,  Menno T. Kamminga
Contributors: Universiteit Maastricht. Centre for Human Rights
Series: Maastricht series in human rights -- [10]; Maastricht series in human rights -- 10.
Publisher: Intersentia
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Antwerp; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9789050958790
Notes: Revised and edited versions of papers presented at a conference at Maastricht University, Maastricht Centre for Human Rights, in November 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A primer / Fons Coomans, Fred Grünfeld and Menno T. Kamminga; title: Social science methods and human rights / Todd Landman; title: Redefining normative legal science : towards and argumentative discipline / Jan M. Smits; title: Human rights studies : on the dangers of legalistic assumptions / David P. Forsythe; title: Methods in legal human rights research / Eva Brems; title: The need for evidence-based human rights research / Hans-Otto Sano and Hatla Thelle; title: Measure for measure : utilizing legal norms and health data in measuring the right to health / Dabney Evans and Megan Price; title: Methods in health and human rights research : towards a spiral of co-learning / Maria Stuttaford; title: Telling truth? : the methodological challenges of truth commissions / Paul Gready; title: Methodological challenges in country of origin research / Marco Formisano; title: Treaty interpretation and the social sciences / Koen de Feyter; title: Methods of philosophical research on human rights / Andreas Follesdal.