Making Sense of Human Rights

Name: Making Sense of Human Rights
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ISBN: 9781405145350

ISBN-10: 1405145358

ISBN-13: 9781405145350

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: James Nickel

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Description:

This new edition explains and defends the conception of human rights found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and subsequent treaties. Also, it addresses questions about what human rights are, what their content is or should be, and whether they can be justified.

Book details

List price: $45.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Introduction



The Contemporary Idea of Human Rights



Human Rights as Rights



Making Sense of Human Rights



Starting Points for Justifying Human Rights



A Framework for Justifying Specific Rights



The List Question



Due Process Rights and Terrorist Emergencies



Economic Liberties as Fundamental Freedoms



Social Rights as Human Rights



Minority Rights



Eight Responses to the Relativist



The Good Sense in Human Rights



Universal Declaration of Human Rights



The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms



International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights



International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights


Bibliography and References


Index