Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction

by Andrew Clapham

Book Overview

Taking an international perspective, and focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, health, and discrimination, this Very Short Introduction will help readers to understand for themselves the controversies and complexities behind this vitally relevant issue. Looking at the philosophical justification for rights, the historical origins of human rights and how they are formed in law, Andrew Clapham explains what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199205523
• ISBN13: 9780199205523
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 4.3"