Asylum: A Moral Dilemma
Author:   W. Gunther Plaut
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780275951955


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   23 May 1995
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   W. Gunther Plaut
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780275951955


ISBN 10:   0275951952
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   23 May 1995
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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The Issues Questions Without Answers Definitions Religion, Natural Law, and Hospitality A Look at History Some Ethical Questions Through the Lens of Sociobiology Community and Individual Contended Rights: To Leave, Return, Remain The Practice Refugees in Africa Four Asian Lands Glimpses of Europe and Central America The North American Experience The Sanctuary Movement A Final Look Appendix A: Egyptian and Hittite Treaties Appendix B: Human Rights-Major Documents Appendix C: Refugee Documents; Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees of 31 January 1967 Bibliography Index

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W. GUNTHER PLAUT is a senior scholar at the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. Born in Germany, where he received his doctor of laws, he fled Hitler's Reich for the United States where he became a rabbi, serving in Chicago, St. Paul, and since 1961 in Toronto. Plaut is the author of 20 books, including Torah: A Modern Commentary, of which he is the editor and principal author. He is a research fellow at the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University.

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