The Monuments of Human Rights (60 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Anniversary Book, Vol.1)
Language: English
Published by The Office of the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection, Warsaw, Poland, 2008
ISBN 10: 8392704967 (ISBN 13: 9788392704966)
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Scarce cloth hardcover, 355 pages, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Minor handling wear only, a small faint stain on the boards. Issued without a dust jacket. -- This volume examines foundational legal acts and historical declarations tracing the global development of civil liberties. It pairs each historical document with a dedicated introductory essay exploring its political context and legacy, followed by the original text, a parallel English translation and a bibliographical note. Compiled by leading Polish jurists and legal historians. In English. -- Contents: Introduction; 1. Edict Issued by Emperor Caracalla in 212; 2. Edict of Milan of 313; 3. Magna Charta Libertatum of 1215; 4. Privilege of Boleslaw the Pious to the Jews of 1264; 5. The Jedlna Privilege of 1430; 6. Constitution of the Sejm in Radom in 1505; 7. Statutes of Lithuania of 1529, 1566 and 1588; 8. Act of the Warsaw Confederation and the Henrician Articles of 1573; 9. Peace of Westphalia of 1648; 10. Habeas Corpus Act of 1679; 11. Virginia Bill of Rights of 1776; 12. The United States Declaration of Independence of 1776; 13. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789; 14. Government Act of 3 May 1791; 15. The Decree of the National Convention of 4 February 1794 Abolishing Slavery in all the Colonies; 16. The Decree of the National Convention of the 22nd Day of Prairial in the Matter of the Organisation and Competences of the Revolutionary Tribunal; 17. Declaration of the British Parliament of 1807 for the Abolition of the Slave Trade; 18. Constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden of 1809: Introduction of the Office of Procurator; 19. The 1861 Emancipation Manifesto of Tzar Alexander II; 20. Conventions for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of 1864 and 1906; 21. Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of 1917; 22. Briand-Kellogg Pact of 1928; 23. USSR Constitution of 1936; 24. Agreement and Charter of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg of 1945; 25. Charter of the United Nations of 1945.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Monuments of Human Rights (60 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Anniversary Book, Vol.1)
- Author
- Marek Zubik
- Publisher
- The Office of the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection, Warsaw, Poland
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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