Human Rights
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
632 pages
978-1-138-71086-3 (ISBN)
Description
This title was first published in 2003. Theories of human rights are important, as they can be a means to challenging entrenched and oppressive power. These key essays take a philosophical approach to human rights, questioning dominant theories and offering different perspectives on their application.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
1170 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-71086-3 (9781138710863)
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Person
Robert McCorquodale
Content
I: Challenging Human Rights Concepts; [1]: The Philosophic Foundations of Human Rights; [2]: Human Rights Genealogy; [3]: The Concept of Human Rights: The History and Meaning of Its Politicization; [4]: Voices of Suffering, Fragmented Universality, and the Future of Human Rights; [5]: What Future for Economic and Social Rights?; [6]: The Banjul Charter and the African Cultural Fingerprint: An Evaluation of the Language of Duties; [7]: Human Rights, Group Rights, and Peoples' Rights; [8]: Rethinking Universals: Opening Transformative Possibilities in International Human Rights Law; [9]: Toward a Multicultural Conception of Human Rights; II: Applying Human Rights Concepts; [10]: The Global Market and Human Rights: Trading Away the Human Rights Principle; [11]: The Attack on Human Rights; [12]: International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law; [13]: A "Violations Approach" for Monitoring the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1; [14]: Freedoms and Needs; [15]: The Public/Private Distinction and the Right to Development in International Law; [16]: Human Rights and Sustainable Development in Contemporary Africa: A New Dawn, or Retreating Horizons?; [17]: Is There a Right Not to Be Poor?; [18]: The International Human Rights Movement: Part of the Problem?