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the cambridge handbook of natural law and human rights Thishandbookprovidesanintellectuallyrigorousandaccessibleoverviewoftherelationshipbetween natural law andhuman rights. It fills a crucial gap in the literature withleading scholarship on the importance of natural law as a philosophical foundation for human rights and its significance for contemporarydebates.Thethemescoveredinclude:theroleofnaturallawthoughtinthehistoryof human rights; human rights scepticism; the different notions of ‘subjective right’; the various foundations for human rights within natural law ethics; the relationship between natural law and humanrightsinreligioustraditions;theideaofhumandignity;therelationbetweenhumanrights, political community and law; human rights interpretation; and tensions between human rights law andnaturallawethics.Thishandbookisanidealintroductiontonaturallawperspectivesonhuman rights,whilealsoofferingaconcisesummaryofscholarlydevelopmentsinthefield. tom angier isSeniorLecturerinPhilosophyattheUniversityofCapeTown.Heistheauthorof NaturalLawTheoryandeditorofTheCambridgeCompaniontoNaturalLawEthics. iain t. benson is Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, Australia; Extraordinary Professor, University of the Free State, South Africa; and a Barrister. He co-drafted the South African Charter of Religious Rights and Freedoms (2010) and has published extensively on consti- tutionallaw,humanrights,conscience,religion,andpluralism. mark d. retter is Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, pursuing research on human rights in modernity and secularisation. He is co-editor of InternationalLawandPeaceSettlements. Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Natural Law and Human Rights Edited by TOM ANGIER University of Cape Town IAIN T. BENSON University ofNotre Dame Australia, Sydney MARK D. RETTER University of Cambridge Published online by Cambridge University Press ShaftesburyRoad,Cambridgecb28ea,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05-06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartofCambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment, adepartmentoftheUniversityofCambridge. WesharetheUniversity’smissiontocontributetosocietythroughthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108837514 doi:10.1017/9781108939225 ©CambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment2023 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisions ofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytake placewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress&Assessment. Firstpublished2023 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData names:Angier,TomP.S.,editor.|Benson,IainT.,editor.|Retter,Mark,editor. title:TheCambridgehandbookofnaturallawandhumanrights/editedbyTomAngier,UniversityofCapeTown; IainT.Benson,UniversityofNotreDame,Sydney;MarkD.Retter,UniversityofCambridge. description:Cambridge,UnitedKingdom;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress,2022.| Series:Cambridgelawhandbooks|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:lccn2022025759(print)|lccn2022025760(ebook)|isbn9781108837514(hardback)| ISBN9781108939225(epub) subjects:lcsh:Naturallaw–Influence.|Humanrights. classification:lcck460.c3642022(print)|lcck460(ebook)|ddc340/.112–dc23/eng/20220801 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022025759 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022025760 isbn978-1-108-83751-4Hardback CambridgeUniversityPress&Assessmenthasnoresponsibilityforthepersistence oraccuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhis publicationanddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press Contents List of Contributors pageix Acknowledgements xv introduction 1 The Perennialand DynamicRelationship betweenHuman Rights and Natural Law 3 MarkD.Retter,Tom Angier, andIain T. Benson part i natural law and the origins of human rights 2 Natural Law and Human Rights:Continuities and Discontinuities 31 Cary J. Nederman andBen Peterson 3 The Paradox of ShrinkingIndividuality: Natural Rights’Development and Relevance toHuman Rights Today 45 Mónica García-Salmones 4 Synderesis,Conscientia,and Human Rights 61 KevinL.Flannery,SJ 5 The Case against the Marriage of Natural Lawand Natural Rights 74 Tracey Rowland 6 The Mythical Connection between Natural Law and the Universal Declarationof Human Rights 88 James Chappel 7 Natural Law and the Universal Declarationof Human Rights 100 Paul Yowell part ii natural law foundations of human rights obligations 8 Ontologicaland EpistemologicalFoundations of Human Rights 119 Tom Angier v Published online by Cambridge University Press vi Contents 9 The TeleologicalFoundations of Human Rights 133 Edward Feser 10 New Natural LawFoundations of Human Rights 146 ChristopherTollefsen 11 A PersonalistFoundation forNatural Law and Human Rights 160 JosefSeifert 12 AcknowledgedDependence, Natural Right, and Human Rights: Augustinian Humility, CharlesMalik,and the Universal Declaration 175 Mary M. Keys and Melody Grubaugh 13 EternalLaw, NaturalLaw, NaturalRights: Freedom and Power in Aquinas 190 Jean Porter part iii natural law and human rights within religious traditions 14 NaturalLaw, NaturalTheology, and Human Rights in the Jewish Tradition 205 David Novak 15 NaturalLaw and Human Rights in CatholicChristianity 218 Roland Minnerath 16 NaturalLaw and Natural Rights in the Early Protestant Tradition 233 John Witte, Jr 17 Human Rights or MoralObligations? The Link with NaturalLaw in Hinduism 247 Shashi Motilal and Jeremiah Dumai part iv the human person, political community, and rule of law 18 Human Dignity and Natural Law 263 Patrick Lee andRobert P.George 19 Civic Friendship, Natural Law, and Natural Rights 276 John von Heyking 20 CommonGoods,Group Rights, and Human Rights 291 Mark D.Retter 21 NaturalLaw, Human Rights, and the Separation of Powers 308 Julian Rivers 22 Human Goods and Human Rights Law:Two Modes of Derivation from NaturalLaw 324 Grégoire Webber Published online by Cambridge University Press Contents vii 23 Natural Law, Human Rights, and JusCogens 338 Stephen Hall part v rival interpretations and interpretive principles 24 Moral Pluralism, Political Disagreement, and Human Rights 355 Catherine McCauliff 25 Human Rights Law and Adjudication:TheRole of Determinatio 371 Francisco J. Urbina 26 Natural Law and Human Rights amidthe Legal Ruinsof Liberal Scepticism, Values Language,and Global Resets 385 IainT. Benson 27 Human Rights and the Modes of JudicialResponsibility 402 PeterD. Lauwers 28 The Right to Religious Freedom: Extensionor Erosion? 418 Rafael Domingo 29 Natural Law, Rights of the Family, and International Human Rights Instruments 432 Jane F.Adolphe 30 Natural Law and Socioeconomic Rights 448 GaryChartier 31 Solidarity and Global Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines: AQuestionof Equality? 465 Thana C.deCampos-Rudinsky part vi challenges and future prospects 32 Philosophical Challenges and Prospects forNatural LawFoundations of Human Rights 485 Jonathan Crowe Index 501 Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press Contributors Editors Tom Angier is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. He taught previouslyattheUniversitiesofLeeds,Kent,andStAndrews.Hisprimaryresearchinterestslie inneo-Aristotelian ethicalandpolitical theory.Heis theauthorofNaturalLawTheory(inthe Cambridge ‘Elements’ Series, 2021) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Natural Law Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2019). He is currently working on a monograph entitled Natural Perfectionism: A Teleological Theory of Goods, which, inspired by neo-Aristotelian and naturallawideasandarguments,willrendertheseintelligibletoanalyticphilosophersinafresh andvigorous way. Iain T. Benson is Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, and Extraordinary Professor, Faculty of Law, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, as well as a Barrister and legal consultant. He co-drafted the South African Charter of Religious Rights and Freedoms (2010) and has published extensively on constitutional law, humanrights,freedomsofassociation,conscience,andreligion,andthenatureofpluralism.He is co-editor of Iain T. Benson and Barry W. Bussey, Religion, Liberty and the Jurisdictional Limitsof Law (LexisNexis2017). Mark D. Retter is Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), UniversityofCambridge,andAssociateoftheLasCasasInstitute,BlackfriarsHall,Universityof Oxford,withagrantfromtheAgoraTrusttopursueresearchonhumanrightsinmodernityand secularisation. Prior to this, he worked as a Research Associate on the ‘Legal Tools for Peace- Making’ Project at the LCIL. He is co-editor of International Law and Peace Settlements (Cambridge University Press, 2021, with Marc Weller and Andrea Varga) and working on a monograph, Human Rights after Virtue (with Cambridge University Press), which explores MacIntyre’s human rights scepticism and develops a Thomist-Aristotelian theory of human rights. ContributingAuthors JaneF.Adolphe,withdegreesincivillaw(LLB/BCL)andcanonlaw(JCL/JCD),isProfessorof LawatAveMariaSchoolofLawinNaples,Florida,andanAdjunctProfessorattheUniversity ofNotreDame, School ofLaw,inSydney,Australia.Under thePontificateofStJohnPaul II, ix Published online by Cambridge University Press