| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 543 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Pennsylvania studies in human rights |
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Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [499]-514) and index. |
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Includes filmography: pages [515]-528. |
| Contents |
Human rights : concept and content / Burns H. Weston -- Capabilities, human rights, and the universal declaration / Martha C. Nussbaum -- The universality of human rights in a multicultured world / Burns H. Weston -- The second great transformation : human rights leap-frogging in the era of globalization / Rhoda Howard-Hassmann -- Genocide / Diane Orentlicher -- Torture and the future / Lisa Hajjar -- Civil rights / Richard B. Lillich -- Human rights and crime / Rachel Neild -- First principles of racial equality / Paul Gordon Lauren -- Protecting the rights of women / Eva Brems -- The international and national protection of refugees / Maryellen Fullerton -- Indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination and territoriality / Maivân Clech Lâm -- Economic, social, and cultural rights as human rights / Asbjørn Eide -- Worker rights are human rights / Lee Swepston -- Food is a human right / George Kent -- The right to health : key objectives, themes, and interventions / Paul Hunt -- The right to education and human rights education / Richard Pierre Claude -- The right to take part in cultural life / Stephen A. Hansen -- The right of self-determination in the twenty-first century / Hurst Hannum -- The right to development / Arjun Sengupta -- Is the human right to environment recognized under international law? / Luis E. Rodriguez-Rivera -- Peace : a "sacred right" / Douglas Roche -- Human rights : prescription and enforcement / Burns H. Weston -- How is international human rights law enforced? / Harold Hongju Koh -- Making the human rights treaties work / Anne F. Bayefsky -- The United Nations and human rights / Stephen P. Marks -- The promise of regional human rights systems / Dinah Shelton -- No exceptions? The United States pick-and-choose approach to human rights / Michael Ignatieff -- Civil remedies for gross human rights violations / Michael Ratner -- Humanitarian intervention : imperatives and problematics / Richard Falk -- What do human rights NGOs do? / Richard Pierre Claude -- Multinational corporations and the ethics of global responsibility / Mahmood Monshipouri, Claude E. Welch, Jr., Evan T. Kennedy -- The human right to revolution / Jordan J. Paust. |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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| Indexed Term |
Human rights |
| Added Author |
Claude, Richard Pierre, 1934-2011
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Weston, Burns H., 1933-2015
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| ISBN |
0812219481 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780812219487 paperback alkaline paper |
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