The Evolution of International Human Rights : : Visions Seen / / Paul Gordon Lauren.

This widely acclaimed and highly regarded book, used extensively by students, scholars, policymakers, and activists, now appears in a new third edition. Focusing on the theme of visions seen by those who dreamed of what might be, Lauren explores the dramatic transformation of a world patterned by ce...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]
©2011
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Third Edition
Language:English
Series:Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.) :; 16 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Visions and Visionaries
  • Chapter 1. My Brother's and Sister's Keeper
  • Chapter 2. To Protect Humanity and Defend Justice
  • Chapter 3. Entering the Twentieth Century
  • Chapter 4. Opportunities and Challenges
  • Chapter 5. A "People's War"
  • Chapter 6. A "People's Peace"
  • Chapter 7. Proclaiming a Vision
  • Chapter 8. Transforming Visions into Reality
  • Chapter 9. The Continuing Evolution
  • Chapter 10. Toward the Future
  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author