Title:
The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights / Christopher N.J. Roberts, University of Minnesota Law School.
Author:
Roberts, Christopher N. J., 1975- author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Call Number:
K3238.31948 .R63 2015
Abstract:
"Traces conflicts about the definition of human rights and shows how a series of contradictions worked their way into the International Bill of Human Rights"-- Provided by publisher.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014015720-t.htmlContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014015720-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014015720-d.html
ISBN:
9781107601635
Series:
Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Physical Description:
xiv, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Contents:
What are human rights and where do they come from? -- From war and politics to human rights: The Cold War and colonial recession -- Protecting state sovereignty from the 'dangers' of human rights -- Saving empire: the attempt to create (non)-universal human rights -- A human rights Treaty that permits lynching? -- The United States' unequivocal ambivalence toward socioeconomic rights.
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