The Essentials of Human Rights,9780340815748

The Essentials of Human Rights

by ;
ISBN13: 9780340815748
ISBN10: 0340815744
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-02-16
Publisher(s): Hodder Education Publishers
List Price: $34.52

Rent Textbook

Select for Price
Add to Cart
There was a problem. Please try again later.

New Textbook

We're Sorry
Sold Out

Used Textbook

We're Sorry
Sold Out

eTextbook

We're Sorry
Not Available

Buy from our Marketplace starting at $3.86

How Marketplace Works:

  • This item is offered by an independent seller and not shipped from our warehouse
  • Item details like edition and cover design may differ from our description; see seller's comments before ordering.
  • Sellers much confirm and ship within two business days; otherwise, the order will be cancelled and refunded.
  • Marketplace purchases cannot be returned to eCampus.com. Contact the seller directly for inquiries; if no response within two days, contact customer service.
  • Additional shipping costs apply to Marketplace purchases. Review shipping costs at checkout.

Summary

The Essentials of Human Rights is an easy-to-use, accessible introduction to the human rights debate. It covers the history of human rights, the arguments over their justification and uses examples of specific rights and freedoms to assess the current situation, including international legalsystems and organisations like the UN, and prospects for the future. More than 100 entries are arranged in an A-Z structure for easy reference and cover general categories of rights (including civil, political, cultural, women's, children's and migrants' rights) as well as specific issues, such asslavery, genocide, free speech, capital punishment and asylum. The contributors are drawn from a wide range of international and disciplinary backgrounds, making this book an outstanding resource for anyone interested in human rights. This vital reference has a Foreword by Mary Robinson.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Foreword xiii
Mary Robinson
Biographies xv
The historical roots of human rights
The historical roots of human rights before the Second World War
151(194)
Michael Freeman
The United Nations since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948
345
Peter R. Baehr
Traditional values supporting human rights
Ubuntu and human rights
341
Tim Murithi
Buddhism and human rights
25(30)
Stephen Chan
Confucianism and human rights
55(152)
Joseph Chan
Islam and human rights
207(4)
Katerina Dalacoura
Jewish tradition and human rights
211(142)
Awraham Soetendorp
Theories and critiques of human rights
Universalism
353
Michael Goodhart
Pluralist universalism and human rights
284
Bhikhu Parekh
Indivisibility of human rights
178(178)
Manfred Nowak
Utilitarianism and human rights
356
Iain Law
The Marxist critique of human rights
248
J. Angelo Corlett
Feminist critiques of human rights
132
Ratna Kapur
Critical race feminism and human rights
74
Adrien Katherine Wing
Autonomy and human rights
20(64)
Sumi Madhok
Democracy and human rights
84
Carol C. Gould
The capability approach and human rights
31(238)
Emma Dowling
Needs and human rights
269(17)
Des Gasper
Poverty and human rights
286(36)
Thomas Pogge
Social movements and human rights
322
Neil Stammers
Global civil society and human rights
143
Saskia Sassen
Capitalism and human rights
34(195)
Ulrich Duchrow
Libertarianism and human rights
229
Hillel Steiner
Equality and human rights
108(240)
John Baker
The institutional framework for human rights
The United Nations system of human rights protection
348
Rhona K.M. Smith
The reform of the UN
300(42)
Francesco Grillo
Simona Milio
Claire O'Brien
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
342
Kevin Boyle
The Human Rights Committee
170(34)
Martin Scheinin
The International Labour Organisation
204(103)
Lee Swepston
Regional systems: an overview
307
Rhona K.M. Smith
The European Court of Human Rights
115
Giovanni Bonello
The Council of Europe
69(210)
Kevin Kerrigan
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
279
Bill Bowring
The Commonwealth and human rights
53(134)
Richard Bourne
The inter-American human rights system
187
Dinah L. Shelton
The Inter-American Commission
180(5)
Christina M. Cerna
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights
185
Jo M. Pasqualucci
The African Court and Commission
6(266)
Rachel Murray
New Partnership for Africa's Development and human rights
272
Tim Murithi
The Asian regional human rights system
16(180)
Joshua Castellino
The International Criminal Court
196(140)
Solange Mouthaan
Legal measures and instruments
Treaty-based law
336
Rhona K.M. Smith
Customary international law
79(2)
Rhona K.M. Smith
Customary law in the South Pacific
81(270)
Miranda Forsyth
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
351
Hurst Hannum
The International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
193
Manfred Nowak
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
58(3)
Feride Acar
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
61(3)
David Keane
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
64(194)
Marilia Sardenberg
The Migrant Workers' Convention
258
Mike Kaye
The European Convention on Human Rights
113(7)
Marie-Benedicte Dembour
The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights
120
Jeremy McBride
The European Social Charter
118
Jane Wright
The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
3(6)
Christof Heyns
The American Convention
9(200)
Scott Davidson
The Islamic Declaration
209
Ann Elisabeth Mayer
The Commonwealth of Independent States Convention on human rights and fundamental freedoms
48(271)
Ivan Manokha
Rights and freedoms
Freedom from slavery
319
David Ould
The right to life: the death penalty
239(3)
William A. Schabas
The right to life: euthanasia
242
Sheila A.M. McLean
The right to life: assisted suicide
237
Sheila A.M. McLean
The right to life: abortion
234
Heather Widdows
Freedom from genocide
140
William A. Schabas
Freedom of expression
127(205)
Andrew Puddephatt
Freedom from torture
332(31)
Nigel Rodley
The right to vote and democracy
363
Niraja Gopal Jayal
The right to marriage and a family
245
Rebecca Probert
The right to liberty
231
Shami Chakrabarti
Kathryn Kenny
The right to education
105(30)
Duncan Wilson
The right to food and clean water
135(13)
Jean Ziegler
Sally-Anne Way
Christopher Golay
The right to health
148(6)
Sirkku K. Hellsten
The right to adequate housing
154
Miloon Kothari
The right to development
91(124)
Rebecca Shah
Labour rights
215
Michael Urminsky
The right to a fair trial
130(159)
David Weissbrodt
The right to privacy
289(20)
Simon Davies
Freedom of religion and belief
309
Nazila Ghanea
Freedom of association
18(79)
Jeremy McBride
Freedom from discrimination
97(125)
Dianne Otto
The right to leave and return
222(81)
Francois Crepeau
Delphine Nakache
Refugee law
303(21)
Rebecca M. M. Wallace
Social rights
324
Asbjorn Eide
Cultural rights
77(23)
Jeremie Gilbert
Economic rights
100(195)
Philippe Texier
The right to property: land rights restitution
295
Vinodh Jaichand
The right to property: property in the body
291(2)
Shanti Williamson
The right to property: intellectual property rights
293
Christopher May
Group rights
146(137)
Peter Jones
The right to peace
283(84)
Edel Hughes
Kathleen Cavanaugh
Women's rights
367
Rebecca J. Cook
Simone Cusack
Children's rights
42(218)
Rhona K.M. Smith
Minority rights
260
Joshua Castellino
Language rights
216
Fernand de Varennes
Indigenous peoples' rights
175(142)
Jeremie Gilbert
The right to self-determination
317
Jeremie Gilbert
Environmental rights and justice
122(141)
Chris McWilliams
Jonathan Walton
Monitoring and enforcing human rights
Monitoring and enforcing human rights
263
Mario Gomez
Derogations and reservations
86(189)
Shiyan Sun
The role of NGOs in human rights protection
275
Oliver Richmond
The role of lawyers in promoting human rights
224(42)
David Hallmark
National institutions on human rights
266
Rhona K.M. Smith
Business and human rights
27(46)
Sorcha Macleod
Creative problem solving
73(86)
James Cooper
Janeen Kerper
Human rights education
159(3)
Upendra Baxi
Human rights and globalising memory culture
162(176)
Andreas Huyssen
Truth commissions
338
Tristan Anne Borer
Evidence of human rights violations
125(125)
Louise
Herbert F. Spirer
Media and human rights
250(65)
Thomas R. Lansner
Sanctions and human rights
315
Eric Herring
Reparations for human rights violations
312
Fernne Brennan
Ethical foreign policy and human rights
110(54)
Tim Dunne
Humanitarian intervention
164(3)
Simon Chesterman
Humanitarian law and criminal law
Humanitarian law and human rights in armed conflict
167
Jelena Pejic
Human rights between war and peace
157(44)
Clementine Olivier
International criminal law and the regional tribunals
201(159)
Claire De Than
Violence against women in war time
360
Claire De Than
The reality of human rights in different regions of the world
Latin America
218
Mario Novelli
Berenice Celeyta
Central Asia
39(11)
Galina Yemelianova
Commonwealth of Independent States
50
Bill Bowring
Central and Eastern Europe
37
Andras Miklos
Africa
1(12)
John Otieno Ouko
Asia
13(31)
Tae-Ung Baik
China
44(211)
Lisa Stearns
The Middle East
255(21)
Yousry Moustafa
North America
276
Colin Samson
The future of human rights
Animal rights
11(315)
Deborah Rook
Sustainable development
326
David Silbergh
Liang Chen
Rubina Greenwood
The rights of future generations
138
Tim Mulgan
Disability and human rights law
93(133)
Fernne Brennan
Lesbian and gay rights
226
Nicholas Bamforth
Cosmopolitanism and human rights
67(123)
Christien van den Anker
International citizenship and human rights
190(140)
Tony Evans
Terrorism and human rights
330
Conor Gearty
Bioethics and human rights
23(335)
Doris Schroeder
Violence against women: domestic violence
358
Audrey Guichon
Human security and human rights
172
Thanh-Dam Truong
Development cooperation and human rights: African Caribbean Pacific-European Union relations
89(14)
Karin Arts
The future of economic, social and cultural rights
103(195)
Virginia Bras Gomes
The future of the struggle against racism
298
Anneliese Baldaccini
The future of the International Criminal Court
198(55)
Andrew Williams
Solange Mouthaan
Phil Shiner
Mental disability and international human rights
253(117)
Peter Bartlett
Afterword Globalisation with a human face 370(5)
Jan Kavan
Index 375

An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.

This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.

By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.

Digital License

You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.

More details can be found here.

A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.

Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.

Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.