The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights /
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| Author / Creator: | Roberts, Christopher N. J., 1975- author. |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015. ©2015 |
| Description: | xiv, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in law and society Cambridge studies in law and society. |
| Subject: | United Nations. -- General Assembly. -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations. General Assembly) Human rights -- History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights. Human rights. History. |
| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10108998 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. What are human rights and where do they come from?
- 2. From war and politics to human rights: the Cold War and colonial recession
- 3. Protecting state sovereignty from the 'dangers' of human rights
- 4. Saving empire: the attempt to create (non)universal human rights
- 5. A version of human rights that permits racial discrimination?
- 6. The United States' unequivocal ambivalence towards socioeconomic rights