Thesis (M.A.)--Rutgers University, 2009. / "Graduate Program in Liberal Studies." Includes bibliographical references (p. 27).

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Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Davis W. Houck, Florida State University, College of Communication, Dept. of Communication. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 13, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 84 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-160).

Thesis (M.A.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-160).

Thesis (M.A.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-160).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 284 p. : port. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-253).

O estudo comparado do direito humano fundamental à água, observando-se os sistemas jurídicos do Brasil e do Equador é importante para delimitar o tratamento concedido ao recurso natural água. A análise da questão passa pelo princípio da sustentabilidade, o qual apresenta interações com a justiça e os direitos humanos, que é entendido como princípio constitucional, de caráter vinculante, e que promove a universalização da dignidade dos seres vivos. A abordagem destaca a essencialidade do recurso natural água e a questão da escassez de água, situação que tem se agravado no Brasil. Em decorrência da necessidade da água e do agravamento de sua escassez, trabalha-se também o tratamento jurídico concedido pelo ordenamento jurídico do Brasil, dando-se ênfase ao princípio da dignidade humana, e o tratamento jurídico conferido pelo Equador, o qual possui visão biocêntrica e já promove, em sua Constituição, a própria natureza como sujeito de direitos. A conclusão do trabalho aponta, por último, as medidas que merecem ser adotadas, para uma mudança de concepção quanto ao tratamento jurídico conferido à água no Brasil e, por consequência, uma melhor preservação do recurso natural água. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2016-04-29T17:47:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Claudio Luiz Covatti.pdf: 1601820 bytes, checksum: de6bf010e1f26659db310941c3e5742e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T17:47:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Claudio Luiz Covatti.pdf: 1601820 bytes, checksum: de6bf010e1f26659db310941c3e5742e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-29 / The study compared the fundamental human right to water, observing the legal systems of Brazil and Ecuador is important to delimit the treatment of the natural resource water. The analysis of the issue through the principle of sustainability, which has interactions with the justice and human rights, which is understood as a constitutional principle of binding, and which promotes universal dignity of living beings. The approach highlights the essentiality of the natural resource water and the issue of water scarcity, a situation that has worsened in Brazil. Due to the need for water and the deterioration of its scarcity, also works out the legal treatment accorded by the law of Brazil, giving emphasis to the principle of human dignity and the legal treatment given by Ecuador, which has biocentric vision and already promotes in its Constitution, the very nature as a subject of rights. The conclusion of the study points out, finally, the measures that deserve to be taken to better preservation of the natural resource water.

O estudo comparado do direito humano fundamental à água, observando-se os sistemas jurídicos do Brasil e do Equador é importante para delimitar o tratamento concedido ao recurso natural água. A análise da questão passa pelo princípio da sustentabilidade, o qual apresenta interações com a justiça e os direitos humanos, que é entendido como princípio constitucional, de caráter vinculante, e que promove a universalização da dignidade dos seres vivos. A abordagem destaca a essencialidade do recurso natural água e a questão da escassez de água, situação que tem se agravado no Brasil. Em decorrência da necessidade da água e do agravamento de sua escassez, trabalha-se também o tratamento jurídico concedido pelo ordenamento jurídico do Brasil, dando-se ênfase ao princípio da dignidade humana, e o tratamento jurídico conferido pelo Equador, o qual possui visão biocêntrica e já promove, em sua Constituição, a própria natureza como sujeito de direitos. A conclusão do trabalho aponta, por último, as medidas que merecem ser adotadas, para uma mudança de concepção quanto ao tratamento jurídico conferido à água no Brasil e, por consequência, uma melhor preservação do recurso natural água. / The study compared the fundamental human right to water, observing the legal systems of Brazil and Ecuador is important to delimit the treatment of the natural resource water. The analysis of the issue through the principle of sustainability, which has interactions with the justice and human rights, which is understood as a constitutional principle of binding, and which promotes universal dignity of living beings. The approach highlights the essentiality of the natural resource water and the issue of water scarcity, a situation that has worsened in Brazil. Due to the need for water and the deterioration of its scarcity, also works out the legal treatment accorded by the law of Brazil, giving emphasis to the principle of human dignity and the legal treatment given by Ecuador, which has biocentric vision and already promotes in its Constitution, the very nature as a subject of rights. The conclusion of the study points out, finally, the measures that deserve to be taken to better preservation of the natural resource water.

In recent years, the enforcement of Canadian human rights statutes has been the subject of much criticism. That criticism comes not only from organizations that are required to change their practices to comply with the statutes, but from advocates who question the effectiveness of human rights enforcement. Studies which attempt to address these criticisms generally review the criticisms and then seek to modify the enforcement models to ameliorate the problems which have generated the criticism. This thesis considers the problem from a more theoretical perspective. With a focus on disability, this thesis considers whether Canadian anti-discrimination statutes, which were created when the prevailing theory of equality was a formal one, are capable of achieving substantive equality as it is now conceived. Applying a disability rights perspective, substantive equality for people with disabilities requires that a wide and complex variety of barriers be removed. These barriers may result from intended or unintended discrimination. They may be physical or attitudinal. They may be isolated, individual acts or they may reflect widespread societal norms. To eliminate such an array of barriers, anti-discrimination statutes must include a range of powers and procedures: they must incorporate provisions that protect people with disabilities from such barriers; they must provide mechanisms to identify the barriers; there must be mechanisms to determine whether the barriers contravene the protected right; and the statutes must provide effective remedies. This thesis concludes that contemporary human rights enforcement models are capable of effectively addressing many individual barriers to equality for people with disabilities. However, under a complaint-based model, human rights agencies cannot effectively address barriers that result from the operation of widespread norms. Canadian human rights agencies are therefore limited in their ability to achieve the societal transformation that is necessary to achieve substantive equality for people with disabilities. For such equality to be realized, anti-discrimination statutes must be seen as just one facet of a much broader approach. / Law, Peter A. Allard School of / Graduate