Human Rights in Cross-cultural Perspectives: A Quest for Consensus (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081223104X ISBN 13: 9780812231045

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992

Synopsis

The essays in this collection examine particular cultural and ideological traditions and reinterpretations which aim to assist in overcoming the tensions and conflicts between those traditions and current international standards of human rights. Other essays present the views and priorities of specific indigenous perspectives in relation to national and international human rights regimes. The text is designed to enhance the credibility of national and international human rights standards by developing more effective approaches to their promotion and implementation.

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About the Author

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University and the editor of Human Rights Under African Constitutions, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081223104X
• ISBN 13: 9780812231045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Na'im Abd Allah Ahmad