René Cassin and Human Rights: From the Great War to the Universal Declaration

by Jay Murray Winter and Antoine Prost

Book Overview

Through the life of one extraordinary man, this biography reveals what the term human rights meant to the men and women who endured two world wars, and how this major political and intellectual movement ultimately inspired and enshrined the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Ren Cassin was a man of his generation, committed to moving from war to peace through international law, and whose work won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968. His life crossed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107032563
• ISBN13: 9781107032569
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"