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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"--
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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New York,
Cambridge,
2015.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in law and society
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014015720-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014015720-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014015720-d.html |
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.