The contentious history of the international bill of human rights / Christopher N J Roberts.
Series: Cambridge studies in law and societyPublication details: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.Description: xiv, 237p. illustrationsISBN:- 9781107601635
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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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