Human rights: concepts, contests, contingencies
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2001
Series:Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
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"Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies brings together essays that attend to both the allure and criticism of human rights. They examine contestation and contingency in today's human rights politics and help us rethink some of the basic concepts of human rights." "In exploring a crucial and timely topic, this additional volume in the Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought will enlighten the reader to the social and intellectual currents surrounding human rights."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (124 p.)
ISBN:0472023624
047208903X
9780472023622
9780472089031

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