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Author:   Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin ,  David Weissbrodt ,  Mary Rumsey ,  Professor Stephanie Farrior
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   1.298kg
ISBN:  

9781409441298

ISBN 10:   1409441296
Pages:   556
Publication Date:   28 March 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Contents: Introduction. Part I Philosophical, Religious, and Historical Influences Underlying the Development of Human Rights Law: Origins: the rise and fall of natural rights, Michael Freeman; Introduction: the human rights idea, Louis Henkin; Islam and human rights: beyond the universality debate, Abdullahi A. An-Na’im; Women’s rights as human rights: toward a re-vision of human rights, Charlotte Bunch. Part II Drafting of the Human Rights Provisions of the UN Charter and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The road to San Francisco: the revival of the human rights idea in the twentieth century, Jan Herman Burgers; World War Two and the Universal Declaration, Johannes Morsink; Article 55(c), Eibe H. Riedel and Jan-Michael Arend. Part III The Debate over Universality of Human Rights: Cultural relativism and universal human rights, Jack Donnelly; Savages, victims, and saviors: the metaphor of human rights, Makau Mutua; What’s wrong with Chinese rights?: Toward a theory of rights with Chinese characteristics, R.P. Peerenboom. Part IV Interdependence and Indivisibility of Civil, Economic, Cultural, Political and Social Rights: The past and future of the separation of human rights into categories, Stephen P. Marks; The importance of democracy, Amartya Sen; Freedom from want: how can we make indivisibility more than a mere slogan?, William A. Schabas; The Four Freedoms turn 70, Michael H. Posner; Procedures for the implementation of economic, social, and cultural rights, David Weissbrodt. Part V Compliance with Human Rights Standards and Causes of Human Rights Violations: Political, Sociological, Economic, etc./the Role of Bystanders: The normative context of human rights criticism: treaty ratification and UN mechanisms, Ann Marie Clark; The psychology of bystanders, perpetrators, and heroic helpers, Ervin Staub. Part VI The Role of NGOs in the Development of Human Rights: The status of human rights NGOs, Michael H. Posner and Candy Whittome; Transnation

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David Weissbrodt is Regents Professor and Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law, Fionnuala D. Ni Aolain is Dorsey & Whitney Chair in Law and Mary Rumsey is Professor of Legal Research Instruction, all at the University of Minnesota, USA. Michael Freeman, Louis Henkin, Abdullahi A. An-Na'im, Charlotte Bunch, Jan Herman Burgers, Johannes Morsink, Eibe H. Riedel, Jan-Michael Arend, Jack Donnelly, Makau Mutua, R.P. Peerenboom, Stephen P. Marks, Amartya Sen, William A. Schabas, Michael H. Posner, David Weissbrodt, Ann Marie Clark, Ervin Staub, Candy Whittome, Kathryn Sikkink, Theo van Boven, Thomas Buergenthal, Philip Alston, Oren Gross, Fionnuala Ni Aolain

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