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The contentious history of the international bill of human rights /

"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Christopher N J
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:Cambridge studies in law and society
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.amazon.in/Contentious-History-International-Cambridge-Studies/dp/1107601630
Table of 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.