Alston, Philip <br/><br/>
International Human Rights :   The Successor to international Human Rights in Context : Law, Politics and Morals / 
Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman 
 - Oxford, United Kingdom  Oxford University Press  2013 
 - xxxix, 1580p. : ill. ; 24cm 
<br/><br/> It includes document supplement and Index of Topics etc..<br/><br/>Description:<br/>International Human Rights is the definitive work on the subject area providing its reader with a comprehensive analysis of this wide and diverse subject area.<br/><br/>A successor to the widely acclaimed International Human Rights in Context, this book is written by Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman who are both world-leading human rights scholars. They have chosen a wide selection of materials from primary and secondary materials to demonstrate and illuminate key themes and carefully guide the reader through each extract with thoughtful and lucid commentary.<br/><br/>Table of Contents<br/><br/>PART A INTRODUCTORY NOTIONS AND BACKGROUND TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME<br/>1:Human rights Concepts and Discourse<br/>2:The Human Rights Regime: Background and Birth<br/>PART B NORMATIVE FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS<br/>3:Civil and Political Rights<br/>4:Economic and Social Rights<br/>5:National Security, Terrorism and the Law of Armed Conflict<br/>PART C RIGHTS, DUTIES AND DILEMMAS OF UNIVERSALISM<br/>6:Rights or Duties as Organizing Concepts<br/>7:Conflict in Culture, Tradition and Practices: Challenges to Universalism<br/>PART D INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS<br/>8:The United Nations Human Rights System<br/>9:Treaty Bodies: The ICCPR Human Rights Committee<br/>10:International Human Rights Fact-Finding<br/>11:Regional Arrangements<br/>PART E STATES AS PROTECTORS AND ENFORCERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS<br/>12:Vertical Interpenetration: International Human Rights Law Within States' Legal and Political Orders<br/>13:Horizontal Interpenetration: Transnational Influence and Enforcement of Human Rights<br/>14:Measuring and Evaluating Human Rights Performance<br/>PART F CURRENT TOPICS<br/>15:Massive Human Rights Tragedies: Prosecutions and Truth Commissions<br/>16:Non-State Actors and Human Rights<br/>17:Human Rights, Development and Climate Change 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199578726 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights; Human rights--Moral and ethical aspects
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>341.48 ALS