Research Catalog

Title

Universal human rights in theory and practice / Jack Donnelly.

Author

Donnelly, Jack.

Publication

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2003.

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Details

Description

viii, 290 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

In this revised and updated edition, Donnelly directly engages matters of immediate political significance. He addresses recent international events and considers the theoretical issues and practical dilemmas involved in protecting human rights internationally.

Series Statement

Cornell paperbacks

Uniform Title

Cornell paperbacks.

Subjects

• Menschenrecht
• Human rights
• Direito internacional público
• Direitos humanos
• Relativisme
• Mensenrechten
• Cultural relativism
• Civil rights
• 86.81 human rights
• civil rights
• Civil Rights
• Human Rights

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-286) and index.

Contents

1. The concept of human rights -- 2. The universal declaration model -- 3. Equal concern and respect -- 4. Markets, states, and "the west" -- 5. Non-western conceptinos of human rights -- 6. Cultural relativism and universal human rights -- 7. Human rights and "Asian values" -- 8. International human rights regimes -- 9. Human rights and foreign policy -- 10. The priority of national action -- 11. Democracy, development and human rights -- 12. Group rights and human rights -- 13. Nondiscrimination for all: the case of sexual minorities -- 14. Genocide and humanitarian intervention.

ISBN

• 0801440130
• 9780801440137
• 0801487765
• 9780801487767

LCCN

• 2002006707
• 9780801487767

OCLC

• ocm49711897
• 49711897
• SCSB-1271362

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library