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Title Human rights, southern voices : Francis Deng, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Yash Ghai and Upendra Baxi / edited by William Twining.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Law in context
Law in context.
Bibliography 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."
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Subject Deng, Francis Mading, 1938-
Deng, Francis Mading, 1938-
Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-
Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-
Ghai, Yash P., 1938-
Ghai, Yash P., 1938-
Baxi, Upendra.
Baxi, Upendra.
Human rights.
Human rights.
Human rights -- History.
History.
Human rights -- Political aspects.
Human rights -- Political aspects.
Human rights -- Asia.
Asia.
Human rights -- Middle East.
Middle East.
Human rights -- Africa.
Africa.
Human rights -- South America.
South America.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Human rights.
Added Author Twining, William, 1934-
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)
051165197X (electronic book)
9780511808364 (ebook)
0511808364 (ebook)
9780521113212 (hardback)
0521113210 (hardback)
9780521130264 (paperback)
0521130263 (paperback)