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Author Wronka, Joseph, 1948-

Title Human rights and social policy in the 21st century : a history of the idea of human rights and comparison of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights with United States federal and state constitutions / Joseph Wronka ; foreword by David Gil
Published Lanham : University Press of America, [1992]
©1992

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Description xxii, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. A History of the Idea of Human Rights -- Ch. 3. The United Nations and Beyond -- Ch. 4. Comparison of the United States Constitution With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Ch. 5. Comparison of State Constitutions With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Ch. 6. Implications for Social Policy -- Appendix: Comparison of the Proposed Constitution of the State of New Columbia With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Summary "A history of the idea of human rights and comparison of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights with United States federal and state constitutions."
Analysis Rights History
United States
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-259) and indexes
Notes Also issued online
Subject United Nations.
Constitutional law -- United States.
Constitutions, State
Human rights -- History.
LC no. 92007851
ISBN 0819186376 (cloth : alk. paper)
0819186384 (paperback: alk. paper)