David Boersema

Philosophy of Human Rights

Theory and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A single-authored text that incorporates authoritative short excerpts from primary sources on the theoretical and applied aspects of the philosophy of human rights

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780813344928
• ISBN-10: 0813344921
• Artikelnr.: 30213522

Autorenporträt

David Boersema

Inhaltsangabe

Preface INTRODUCTION PART I: THEORY CHAPTER 1: The Nature of Rights CHAPTER
2: The Justification of Rights CHAPTER 3: The Content and Scope of Rights
CHAPTER 4: Rights Holders CHAPTER 5: Criticisms of Rights PART II: PRACTICE
AND APPLICATIONS CHAPTER 6: Rights and Political Discourse CHAPTER 7:
Global Rights Discourse CHAPTER 8: Right to Free Expression CHAPTER 9:
Employment Rights CHAPTER 10: Right to Privacy CHAPTER 11: Intellectual
Property Rights CHAPTER 12: Victims' Rights CHAPTER 13: Children's Rights
PART III: SELECTED RIGHTS DOCUMENTS U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776)
U.S. Bill of Rights (1791) and Selected Later Amendments French Declaration
of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789) Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (1948) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women (1979) African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Part I)
(1981) Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990) Credits Index