Human Rights : Concept and Context by Brian Orend (2002, Trade Paperback)

Broadview Press Ltd

Human Rights: Concept and Context\nby Brian Orend\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Brian Orend\nTitle: Human Rights: Concept and Context\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Human rights, civil rights\nPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd\nPublication year: 2002\nISBN-13: 9781551114361\nISBN-10: 1551114364\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWinner: 2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award\nWhat are human rights? What justifies us in believing we have them? What are rights-holders and duty-bearers? Who should bear the costs and responsibilities for making human rights real? Why have some criticized the human rights perspective? And how can those supportive of human rights best respond? These and other conceptual issues are discussed in full in the first part of this book. The second .