Globalization and the construction of universal human rights.(The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era)(Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization)(Book review)

From: Human Rights & Human Welfare | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Leonard, Eric K. | Copyright information

The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era by Micheline R. Ishay. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.

Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization edited by Mahmood Monshipouri, Neil Englehart, Andrew J. Nathan and Kavita Philip. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2003.

Introduction

Every human rights scholar and activist must eventually engage the question of whether a set of universal human rights ...

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