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- catalog abstract "Publisher description: What are human rights? What justifies us in believing we have them? What are rights-holders and duty-bearers? Who should bear the costs and responsibilities for making human rights real? Why have some criticized the human rights perspective? And how can those supportive of human rights best respond? These and other conceptual issues are discussed in full in the first part of this book. The second part offers a detailed account of how the human rights idea came to be such a powerful force in the contemporary world; it traces the evolution of human rights from their origins to their present position in our daily lives, in political struggles, and in both national and international law.".
- catalog contributor b12615191.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Publisher description: What are human rights? What justifies us in believing we have them? What are rights-holders and duty-bearers? Who should bear the costs and responsibilities for making human rights real? Why have some criticized the human rights perspective? And how can those supportive of human rights best respond? These and other conceptual issues are discussed in full in the first part of this book. The second part offers a detailed account of how the human rights idea came to be such a powerful force in the contemporary world; it traces the evolution of human rights from their origins to their present position in our daily lives, in political struggles, and in both national and international law.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Concept -- 1. Basic vocabulary and core concepts -- 2. Who holds human rights -- 3. What justifies human rights -- 4. What are the objects of our human rights -- 5. Who bears which duties -- 6. Can human rights withstand criticism -- pt. 2. Context -- 7. History 1 : origins to the nineteenth century -- 8. History 2 : twentieth century and beyond.".
- catalog extent "272 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Human rights.".
- catalog identifier "1551114364".
- catalog isFormatOf "Human rights.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press,".
- catalog relation "Human rights.".
- catalog subject "323 21".
- catalog subject "Civil rights History.".
- catalog subject "Civil rights.".
- catalog subject "Human rights History.".
- catalog subject "Human rights.".
- catalog subject "JC571 .O78 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Concept -- 1. Basic vocabulary and core concepts -- 2. Who holds human rights -- 3. What justifies human rights -- 4. What are the objects of our human rights -- 5. Who bears which duties -- 6. Can human rights withstand criticism -- pt. 2. Context -- 7. History 1 : origins to the nineteenth century -- 8. History 2 : twentieth century and beyond.".
- catalog title "Human rights : concept and context / Brian Orend.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".