The most stimulating book that I know of in the field of human rights.

Georges Abi-Saab, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva

...it is clearly and accessibly written and provides an excellent balance between commentary and analysis.

The Student Law Journal

... imaginative and stimulating materials with thought-provoking commentary... a wonderful teaching tool, as well as a valuable starting point for research.

Hilary Charlesworth, Australian National University

International Human Rights is the definitive work on the subject area providing its reader with a comprehensive analysis of this wide and diverse subject area. A successor to the widely acclaimed International Human Rights in Context, this book is written by Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman who are both world-leading human rights scholars. They have chosen a wide selection of materials from primary and secondary materials to demonstrate and illuminate key themes and carefully guide the reader through each extract with thoughtful and lucid commentary.
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International Human Rights is the definitive guide to this diverse area of the law. The carefully selected extracts from primary and secondary materials and illuminating author commentary provide the reader with a sophisticated and thought-provoking analysis of the study of human rights within its wider social and political context.
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PART A INTRODUCTORY NOTIONS AND BACKGROUND TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME; PART B NORMATIVE FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS; PART C RIGHTS, DUTIES AND DILEMMAS OF UNIVERSALISM; PART D INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS; PART E STATES AS PROTECTORS AND ENFORCERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS; PART F CURRENT TOPICS
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199578726
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
1788 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
171 mm
Dybde
50 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
1632

Biografisk notat

Philip Alston is John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law Professor Ryan Goodman is Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at New York University School of Law