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1 online resource (viii, 238 pages). |
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polychrome |
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Law in context
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Law in context.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-230) and index. |
Summary |
This anthology introduces the ideas of four jurists who present distinct 'Southern' perspectives on human rights. |
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." |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Deng, Francis Mading, 1938-
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Deng, Francis Mading, 1938- |
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Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-
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Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946- |
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Ghai, Yash P., 1938-
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Ghai, Yash P., 1938- |
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Baxi, Upendra.
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Baxi, Upendra. |
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Human rights.
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Human rights. |
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Human rights -- History.
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History. |
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Human rights -- Political aspects.
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Human rights -- Political aspects. |
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Human rights -- Asia.
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Asia. |
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Human rights -- Middle East.
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Middle East. |
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Human rights -- Africa.
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Africa. |
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Human rights -- South America.
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South America. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Human rights. |
Added Author |
Twining, William, 1934-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Human rights, southern voices. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521113212 (DLC) 2009499825 (OCoLC)351325470 |
ISBN |
9780511651977 (electronic book) |
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051165197X (electronic book) |
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9780511808364 (ebook) |
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0511808364 (ebook) |
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9780521113212 (hardback) |
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0521113210 (hardback) |
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9780521130264 (paperback) |
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0521130263 (paperback) |
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