Making Sense of Human Rights (Second Edition)

Name: Making Sense of Human Rights
Author: James W. Nickel, fl. 2007

written by James W. Nickel, fl. 2007 (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher), 2009, originally published 2007), 276 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: This fully revised and extended edition of James Nickel's classic study explains and defends the conception of human rights found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and subsequent human rights treaties. Combining philosophical, legal, and political approaches, Nickel addresses questions about what human rights are, what their content should be, and whether and how they can be justified.
Field of Interest: Global Issues
Author: James W. Nickel, fl. 2007
Content Type: Book
Duration: 0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Original Publication Date: 2007
Page Count: 276
Publication Year: 2009
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
Place Published / Released: Hoboken, NJ
Subject: Global Issues, Social Sciences, International Humanitarian Law, Individual and Groups Rights, General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, International laws, Civil rights, Human rights, Politics & Policy, Sociology, History, Derecho Humanitario Internacional, Legislação Humanitária Internacional, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Derecho Humanitario Internacional, Legislação Humanitária Internacional, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos