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Duranti, Marco,

The conservative human rights revolution : European identity, transnational politics, and the origins of the European convention / Marco Duranti. - 1 online resource

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The Conservative Human Rights Revolution' reconsiders the origins of the European human rights system, arguing that its conservative inventors, foremost among them Winston Churchill, conceived of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as a means of realizing a controversial political agenda and advancing a Christian vision of European identity.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9780190638689 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Corporate Names:
European Court of Human Rights--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights--History.--Europe
Human rights--History.--European Union countries
Civil rights--History.--Europe
Civil rights--History.--European Union countries

LC Class. No.: KJC5138 / .D87 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 341.48094