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Edward C. Lorenz is the Reid-Knox Professor of History and director of the Public Affairs Institute at Alma College.
Dana E. Aspinall is associate professor of English at Alma College.
J. Michael Raley is assistant professor of medieval and early modern European history at Hanover College.
TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Foreword: A Conference and a Celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Edward C. LorenzIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Dana E. AspinallI. The Origins of Human Rights in Europe, Africa, and America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000The Foundation of Human Rights in Natural Universals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Ambrose Mary Little, O.P.Vox legis in Bartolomé de Las Casas’ Brevísima relación de ladestruición de las Indias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Appropriateness of Juridical Approach to the Brevísima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Practical, Theoretical, and Analytical Juridical Approach in the Brevísima . . . . . . . . . 000
Structure of the Tract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Epistemological Rationale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Analytic Framework: Divine, Natural, Human Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Divine Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Natural Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Natural Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Human Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Justice, Equity, and Conscience: The Basis for Las Casas’
Ethical-Juridical Judgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Conscience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
A Voice on Behalf of the Suffering Voiceless of the New World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000David Orique, O.P.Colonial Hispaniola: Fray Antonio de Montesinos and Spanish Women’s Human Rights (1498-1549) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Lissette Acosta CornielPractice Makes Prejudice: Why the Conquistadors Did Not Acknowledge Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Ezra Sullivan, O.P.Would the Protected Please Stand Up? Historical Ambiguity in the Distinction Principle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
The Distinction Principle in European Jurisprudence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
The Distinction Principle in Islamic Jurisprudence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
The Distinction Principle in African Jurisprudence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Betcy JoseII. Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Indian Tribes and the Conundrum of Individual and
Collective Rights in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Communal Reserves and Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Community Challenged. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Indians and the Conundrum of American Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Daniel R. MandellHuman Rights in Third Place: The Green Economy, Environmentalism, andSocial Justice in the Brazilian Amazon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Development Priorities and the Brazilian Amazon: 1966-1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Sustainable Development Takes Hold: 1990-2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
The Amazon’s “Green Development”: 2005–Present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Brazil’s Record: Human Rights in Third Place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Eve Z. BratmanThai Citizenship: An Issue of Imagined Communities and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Chelsea ClarkIII. The Role of the Church in Human Rights Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000The Catholic Church and Human Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
The Tension between Personal and Collective Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Religious Liberty and the Right to Proselytize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Gregory BaumAntonio de Montesinos: Preaching Prophetically in Our Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000A Case Study of Injustice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Holy Preaching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Lessons for Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Vincent J. PastroIV. Human Rights in Latin America Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Aligning the Mexican Constitution with Its International
Human Rights Treaty Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Pablo Adrián Arrocha OlabuenagaPartial Truths: The Government and NGOs in the Construction of Memory about Mexico’s Dirty War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Kenneth F. MaffittThe United Nations and the Origin of Cholera in Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Rishi Rattan and Kevin EdmondsMINUSTAH and the Tragic Consequences of Peacekeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Flawed Justification for a Continuation of MINUSTAH’s Mandate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Human Rights Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Post-Earthquake Human Rights Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Stabilization or Occupation? Geopolitical Influence within MINUSTAH. . . . . . . . . . . 000
Addressing the Roots of Insecurity in Haiti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Rishi Rattan and Kevin EdmondsV. Governmental Public Policies, Non-Governmental Agencies, and Human Rights in Theory and Practice Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
The Co-Originality of Public and Private Autonomy: Empirical or Theoretical . . . . . . . . . 000
Discourse Ethics and Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
The Co-Originality Thesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
The Status of Human Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Kevin W. GrayThe Crossroads of Globalization, Human Rights, and Rule of Law:
Proposing a New Taxonomy for the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Karen A. O’RourkeThe Special Court for Sierra Leone: A Critical Analysis of Efforts to
Address Impunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Sierra Leoneans’ Perceptions of the SCSL’s Limited Indictment Mandate. . . . . . . . . . 000
Research Methodology, Results, and Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Education Deficiencies and Gender Inequality in Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Charles Taylor’s Trial as a Case Study of the Court’s Limited Indictment Mandate. . . 000
War Victims’ Experiences and Their Perceptions of the SCSL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Implications of the SCSL Relevancy Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Choosing Between Multiple Audiences of International Criminal Courts
Choosing Goals for International Criminal Courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Charlotte J. HulmeThwarting Justice: How Current U. S. Policy Fails to Hold Human Rights Abusers Accountable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
U. S. Congress Acts: Opening the Courthouse Doors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Barriers to Charging Human Rights Violators Criminally: Prioritizing
Deportation over Prosecution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Statute of Limitations Constraints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Recent Strides by the U. S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Expanded Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Offices Dedicated to Investigating Human Rights Abusers
Living in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Strategic Deportations/Extraditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Erin B. CorcoranFrom Condition to Problem: Forced Marriage in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Forced Marriage as Human Rights Abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Problem or Condition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Rethinking Forced Marriage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Drawing Comparisons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Transforming Cultural Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Introducing New Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Conclusion: Forced Marriage as a Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000Deirdre Martinez and Arielle PardesAbout the Contributors and Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000
These proceedings constitute a truly extraordinary collection of essays on the legacy of Antonio de Montesinos’s sermon of 1511, arguably the most significant sermon in the history of the Americas. There is something for everyone here, from theologians to lawyers, priests and pastors, human rights activists, and all those devoted to the timeless theme of justice in its many manifestations.
— Lawrence Clayton, University of Alabama
In this book,nineteen experts on human rights from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines provide a compelling contemporary perspective on the state of global rights—a most fitting tribute to Antonio de Montesinos.
— Andrew Strauss, Widener University School of Law