Human Rights: Between Idealism and Realism

by Christian Tomuschat

Human Rights between Idealism and Realism presents human rights in action, focusing on their effectiveness as legal tools designed to benefit human beings. By combining conceptual analysis with an emphasis on procedures and mechanisms of implementation, this volume provides a multidimensional overview of human rights. After examining briefly the history of human rights, the author analyses the intellectual framework that forms the basis of their legitimacy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199232741
• ISBN13: 9780199232741
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.2" x 6.3"