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The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights / Christopher N.J. Roberts, University of Minnesota Law School.
LIBRA K3238.31948 .R63 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Christopher N. J., 1975- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in law and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations. General Assembly. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- United Nations.
- United Nations. General Assembly.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations. General Assembly).
- Human rights--History.
- Human rights.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- "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.
- 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 towards socioeconomic rights.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1107601630
- 9781107601635
- 9781107014633
- 1107014638
- OCLC:
- 878224941
- Publisher Number:
- 99962563725
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