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Author:   Paul Gordon Lauren
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.875kg
ISBN:  

9780812218541

ISBN 10:   081221854
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   19 August 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Visions and Visionaries 1. My Brother's and Sister's Keeper: Visions and the Birth of Human Rights* -Religious Visions -Philosophical Visions -Traditional Practices and Ideas of a Very Different Sort -Visions and Reality 2. To Protect Humanity and Defend Justice: Early International Efforts -To Free the Enslaved -To Assist the Exploited -To Care for the Wounded -To Protect the Persecuted 3. Entering the Twentieth Century: World Visions, War, and Revolutions -Ferment and the Anticipation of Rights -World War, Revolutions, and Rights -Peacemaking and Human Rights -The Covenant: Rights Proclaimed and Rights Rejected 4. Opportunities and Challenges: Visions and Rights Between the Wars -A Flourishing of Visions -Opportunities for New Departures -Challenges of Old Problems -The Gathering Storm 5. A People's War : The Crusade of World War II -War, Genocide, and Self-Reflections -Crusaders, Visions, and Proposals -Human Rights and National Sovereignty in Postwar Planning -Opposition from the Great Powers 6. A People's Peace : Peace and a Charter with Human Rights -Insisting on a Peace with Rights -Politics and Diplomacy at the San Francisco Conference -The Charter of the United Nations -Differing Reactions and Assessments 7. Proclaiming a Vision: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -The Revolution Begins -Challenging Questions of Philosophy -Difficult Problems of Politics -The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 8. Transforming Visions Into Reality: The First Fifty Years of the Universal Declaration -Extending Rights and Setting Standards -Protecting Rights Through Implementation -Promoting Rights -Enhancing Rights and Expanding Activities 9. The Continuing Evolution -International Criminal Law and Challenges to Sovereignty -Globalization, Non-State Actors, and Terrorism -Human Rights NGOs -Technology and Political Will 10. Toward the Future -The Nature and Power of Visions -People of Vision and Action -Events of Consequence -Process, Politics, and Perspective The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Notes Bibliography Index

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Praise for the first edition: A beautifully written and meticulously researched history of the idea of human rights. -American Journal of International Law It is difficult to imagine a finer gift on the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights than this study of the Declaration's complex and far-reaching impact. Paul Gordon Lauren has skillfully combined a detailed history of the legal documents with the political, philosophical, and social context in which they developed. -American Historical Review An indispensable reference source for scholars and students of human rights. -Political Science Quarterly

Praise for the first edition: A beautifully written and meticulously researched history of the idea of human rights. -American Journal of International Law It is difficult to imagine a finer gift on the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights than this study of the Declaration's complex and far-reaching impact. Paul Gordon Lauren has skillfully combined a detailed history of the legal documents with the political, philosophical, and social context in which they developed. -American Historical Review An indispensable reference source for scholars and students of human rights. -Political Science Quarterly

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Paul Gordon Lauren is Regents Professor at the University of Montana. He is the author of a number of books, including Power and Prejudice. He has lectured widely and delivered invited addresses, at the Smithsonian Institution and the United Nations, on the subject of human rights.

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