Human rights : between idealism and realism /

By combining conceptual analysis with an emphasis on procedures and mechanisms of implementation, this text provides an overview of human rights. After briefly examining the history of human rights, the author analyses the intellectual framework that forms the basis of their legitimacy.

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Main Author: Tomuschat, Christian.
Corporate Author: Academy of European Law (Florence, Italy)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:The collected courses of the Academy of European Law ; v. 13/1.
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Summary:By combining conceptual analysis with an emphasis on procedures and mechanisms of implementation, this text provides an overview of human rights. After briefly examining the history of human rights, the author analyses the intellectual framework that forms the basis of their legitimacy.
Item Description:"Academy of European Law, European University Institute."
Physical Description:xlvi, 333 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0199268614 (acid-free paper)
0199268622 (pbk. : acid-free paper)