TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Christopher N.J.
TI  - The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights
T2  - Cambridge studies in law and society
SN  - 9781107601635 (pbk.)
U1  - 323 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge
KW  - Human rights
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014015720-t.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014015720-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2014015720-d.html
ER  -