The Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The unsettled status of human rights : an introduction / Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns -- Two concepts of self-determination / Iris Marion Young -- Cultural choice and the revision of freedom / Homi K. Bhabha -- Durkheim revisited : human rights as the moral discourse for the postcolonial, post-Cold War world / Jane F. Collier -- The legal protection of human rights in Africa : how to do more with less / Abdullahi A. An-Na'im.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies brings together essays that attend to both the allure and criticism of human rights. They examine contestation and contingency in today's human rights politics and help us rethink some of the basic concepts of human rights." "In exploring a crucial and timely topic, this additional volume in the Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought will enlighten the reader to the social and intellectual currents surrounding human rights."--Jacket.