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1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) |
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Law in context |
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Law in context.
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| Contents |
Francis Mading Deng -- The cow and the thing called "What": Dinka cultural perspectives on wealth and poverty -- Human rights, universalism and democracy -- A cultural approach to human rights among the Dinka -- Abdullahi An-Na'im -- Context and methodology: the Second Message of Islam -- Shari'a and basic human rights concerns -- Culural legitimation: towards a cross-cultural approach to defining international standards of human rights: the meaning of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment -- Islam and the secular state -- Economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) -- Yash Ghai -- Universalism and relativism: human rights as a framework for negotiating interethnic claims -- Understanding human rights in Asia -- Quotations -- Upendra Baxi -- Voices of suffering and the future of human rights -- Rights and "development." |
| Summary |
This anthology introduces the ideas of four jurists who present distinct 'Southern' perspectives on human rights |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-230) and index |
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Deng, Francis Mading, 1938-
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Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-
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Ghai, Yash P., 1938-
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Baxi, Upendra.
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Baxi, Upendra |
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Deng, Francis Mading, 1938- |
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Ghai, Yash P., 1938- |
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Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946- |
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Human rights.
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Human rights -- History
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Human rights -- Political aspects
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Human rights -- Asia
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Human rights -- Middle East
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Human rights -- Africa
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Human rights -- South America
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Human Rights
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86.81 human rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Human rights
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Human rights -- Political aspects
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Menschenrecht
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Menschenrechtler
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Human rights.
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Africa
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Asia
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Middle East
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South America
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Nichtwestliche Welt
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Islamic world.
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Asia.
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Africa.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Twining, William, 1934-
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| ISBN |
9780511651977 |
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051165197X |
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9780511808364 |
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0511808364 |
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9781282393936 |
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1282393936 |
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9781107202849 |
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1107202841 |
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