Human rights : concept and context /

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Author / Creator:Orend, Brian, 1971-
Imprint:Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard, N.Y. : Broadview Press, c2002.
Description:272 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4740429
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ISBN:1551114364 : $29.95
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Concept
  • 1. Basic Vocabulary and Core Concepts
  • 2. Who Holds Human Rights?
  • 3. What Justifies Human Rights?
  • 4. What are the Objects of Our Human Rights?
  • 5. Who Bears Which Duties?
  • 6. Can Human Rights Withstand Criticism?
  • Pt. 2. Context
  • 7. History I: Origins to the Nineteenth Century
  • 8. History II: Twentieth Century and Beyond.