The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights /
Roberts, Christopher N. J.,
The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights / Christopher N. J. Roberts, University of Minnesota Law School. - New York, Cambridge, 2015. - xiv, 237 pages : illustrations ; - Cambridge studies in law and society .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781107601635 (pbk.) 1107601630 (pbk.) 9781107014633 (hardback) 1107014638 (hardback)
Human rights
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights.
323 / ROB.C
The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights / Christopher N. J. Roberts, University of Minnesota Law School. - New York, Cambridge, 2015. - xiv, 237 pages : illustrations ; - Cambridge studies in law and society .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9781107601635 (pbk.) 1107601630 (pbk.) 9781107014633 (hardback) 1107014638 (hardback)
Human rights
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights.
323 / ROB.C