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Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice - Softcover

Donnelly, Jack

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9780801477706: Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0801477700 ISBN 13: 9780801477706
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2013

Synopsis

In the third edition of his classic work, revised extensively and updated to include recent developments on the international scene, Jack Donnelly explains and defends a richly interdisciplinary account of human rights as universal rights. He shows that any conception of human rights—and the idea of human rights itself—is historically specific and contingent.

Since publication of the first edition in 1989, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice has justified Donnelly’s claim that "conceptual clarity, the fruit of sound theory, can facilitate action. At the very least it can help to unmask the arguments of dictators and their allies."

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About the Author

Jack Donnelly is Andrew Mellon Professor and John Evans Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. His other books include International Human Rights and Realism in International Relations.

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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801477700
ISBN 13 
9780801477706
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
336
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