Making sense of human rights / James W. Nickel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nickel, James W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Human rights.

United Nations. General Assembly. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

United Nations.

United Nations. General Assembly.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations. General Assembly).

Physical Description:

267 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Summary:

This fully revised and extended edition of James Nickel's classic study explains and defends the conception of human rights found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and subsequent human rights treaties. Combining philosophical, legal, and political approaches, Nickel addresses questions about what human rights are, what their content should be, and whether and how they can be justified.

After outlining the contemporary conception of human rights, and developing and applying an original framework for the justification of particular rights, Nickel goes on to defend contemporary lists of human rights, covering fundamental freedoms, due process rights, social rights, and minority rights. The book also considers the issue of cultural relativism and the prospects for worldwide acceptance of human rights. Making Sense of Human Rights is suitable for use as a text in university and law school courses on human rights. The texts of key human rights documents and treaties are included as appendixes.

Contents:

Introduction

The contemporary idea of human rights

Human rights as rights

Making sense of human rights

Starting points for justifying human rights

A framework for justifying specific rights

The list question

Due process rights and terrorist emergencies

Economic liberties as fundamental freedoms

Social rights as human rights

Minority rights

Eight responses to the relativist

The good sense in human rights

App. 1: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

App. 2: The European Convention on Human Rights

App. 3: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

App. 4: The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-255) and index.

ISBN:

140514534X

9781405145343

1405145358

9781405145350

OCLC:

69104315