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The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights / Christopher N. J. Roberts, University of Minnesota Law School.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in law and societyPublication details: New York, Cambridge, 2015.Description: xiv, 237 pages : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781107601635 (pbk.)
  • 1107601630 (pbk.)
  • 9781107014633 (hardback)
  • 1107014638 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323 ROB.C
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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.
Summary: "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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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"--

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