The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights /

The contentious history of the International Bill of Human Rights /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Roberts, Christopher N. J., 1975- author.
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. Human rights. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10108998

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ISBN:	9781107601635 (pbk.) 1107601630 (pbk.) 9781107014633 (hardback) 1107014638 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--

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