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The Development of International Human Rights Law: Volume I
The essays selected for this volume encompass the development of human rights law from its philosophical underpinnings and address many of its current controversies. The introductory essay provides a roadmap of the collection's major themes and traces the relationship between those themes. Taken together.
| Author(s) | By Fionnuala D. Ni Aolain. Edited by, David Weissbrodt. |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 556 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 28 Mar 2014 |
| Availability | Available |
The essays selected for this volume encompass the development of human rights law from its philosophical underpinnings and address many of its current controversies. The introductory essay provides a roadmap of the collection's major themes and traces the relationship between those themes. Taken together.
Contents: Introduction. Part I Philosophical, Religious, and Historical Influences Underlying the Development of Human Rights Law: Origins: the rise and fall of natural rights, Michael Freeman; Introduction: the human rights idea, Louis Henkin; Islam and
David Weissbrodt is Regents Professor and Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law, Fionnuala D. NA AolA!in is Dorsey & Whitney Chair in Law and Mary Rumsey is Professor of Legal Research Instruction, all at the University of Minnesota, USA.
