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This innovative, interdisciplinary book is intended for teaching purposes. Its diverse materials consist of extensive authors' text and questions; sharply edited primary materials ranging from governmental or NGO reports to decisions and treaties; and excepts from secondary readings in pertinent fields such as law, international relations, moral and political theory, and anthropology. The book introduces students to aspects of public international law that are vital to understanding contemporary human rights issues. It stresses throughout the relationships among human rights norms, processes and institutions. The topics and themes include basic civil and political rights; economic and social rights; intergovernmental and non-governmental institutions; universal and regional regimes; human rights and foreign policy; women's rights; economic development; individual criminal responsibility; self determination; intervention; democratization; cultural relativism; and the private-public distinction. This book is intended for third-year undergraduate students of international human rights; graduate students, including those taking Bar Final examinations in human rights.
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"By far the best text in the field--a wealth of important, interesting, well-organized, and well-edited materials."--Paolo Carozza, Notre Dame Law School"Very comprehensive, one of the best human rights textbooks available."--Winston Frost, Simon Greenleaf University.."designed to provide an introduction for readers with little experience in the human rights field, while serving as a comprehensive resource for more experienced academics." --Violence and Abuse Abstracts "By far the best text in the field--a wealth of important, interesting, well-organized, and well-edited materials."--Paolo Carozza, Notre Dame Law School "Very comprehensive, one of the best human rights textbooks available."--Winston Frost, Simon Greenleaf University .,"designed to provide an introduction for readers with little experience in the human rights field, while serving as a comprehensive resource for more experienced academics." --Violence and Abuse Abstracts "By far the best text in the field--a wealth of important, interesting, well-organized, and well-edited materials."--Paolo Carozza, Notre Dame Law School "Very comprehensive, one of the best human rights textbooks available."--Winston Frost, Simon Greenleaf University , ."designed to provide an introduction for readers with little experience in the human rights field, while serving as a comprehensive resource for more experienced academics," --Violence and Abuse Abstracts "By far the best text in the field--a wealth of important, interesting, well-organized, and well-edited materials."--Paolo Carozza, Notre Dame Law School"Very comprehensive, one of the best human rights textbooks available."--Winston Frost, Simon Greenleaf University.,"designed to provide an introduction for readers with little experience in the human rights field, while serving as a comprehensive resource for more experienced academics." --Violence and Abuse Abstracts
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International human rights in context. Law, politics, morals. Text and materials.
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 019825427X
ISBN 13: 9780198254270
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Condition: Gut. XXXIX, 1245 S. Exemplar von Hans Jörg Sandkühler mit seine Anstreichungen oder -anmerkungen. Umschlag berieben. - This innovative, interdisciplinary book is intended for teaching purposes. Its diverse materials consist of extensive authors' text and questions; sharply edited primary materials ranging from intergovernmental or NGO reports to treaties, resolutions and decisions; and excerpts from secondary readings in law and legal theory as well as other pertinent fields such as international relations, moral and political theory, and anthropology. The book introduces students to those characteristics and topics of public international law that are vital to understanding human rights issues. It stresses throughout the relationships among human rights norms, processes and institutions, as well as relationships between international and internal orders. The topics include civil and political rights, economic and social rights, intergovernmental and non-governmental institutions, universal and regional regimes, human rights and foreign policy, democratization, women's rights, self- determination and autonomy regimes, individual criminal responsibility, and development. The book's broad themes include universalism and cultural relativism, rights or duties as organizing conceptions, the relevance of the private-public distinction, and transformed conceptions of statehood and sovereignty. ISBN 9780198254270 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550 Originalhardcover mit Schutzumschlag. Seller Inventory # 1160531
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