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Universality By Consensus: The Evolution Of Universality In The Drafting Of The Udhr, Amy Eckert
Universality By Consensus: The Evolution Of Universality In The Drafting Of The Udhr, Amy Eckert
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Drafting, Origins & Intent by Johannes Morsink. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights), 2000. 400pp.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has helped to define human rights standards and bring them to the forefront of global concern. Yet the UDHR continues to suffer from charges of cultural imperialism. While many scholars have answered these charges with philosophical justification for universal human rights, Johannes Morsink takes another approach to the question of cultural relativism in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting & Intent.
Castro And Terrorism: A Chronology, Eugene Pons
Castro And Terrorism: A Chronology, Eugene Pons
Institute for Cuban & Cuban-American Studies Occasional Papers
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The Deconstruction Of Refugees And The Reconstruction Of History, Peter W. Van Arsdale
The Deconstruction Of Refugees And The Reconstruction Of History, Peter W. Van Arsdale
Human Rights & Human Welfare
A review of States and Strangers: Refugees and Displacements of Statecraft, by Nevzat Soguk. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (Borderlines Series, No. 11) 1999. 328 pp.
I would characterize Nevzat Soguk as either a neo-liberal operating in the guise of a postmodern deconstructionist, or a post-modern deconstructionist operating in the guise of a neoliberal. This is not a trivial distinction, nor an attempt to play semantic games, but my attempt to classify a brilliant theorist (known for his work in political science) whose book has a great deal of merit—but whose writing at times seems aimed more at discursive analysis …
Conflicting Rights And The Outbreak Of The First World War, Leo Katz
Conflicting Rights And The Outbreak Of The First World War, Leo Katz
All Faculty Scholarship
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