The future of human rights [electronic resource] / Upendra Baxi.
Publisher: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 1 online resource (xliv, 339 p.).ISBN: 9780199081059 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Human rights | Human rights -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780195690439DDC classification: 323 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book critically examines the contemporary discourses on the nature of 'human rights', their histories, the myths that are embedded in them, and contributes an alternative reading of those histories by placing the concerns and interests of the 'people in struggle and communities of resistance' at centre stage.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
This book critically examines the contemporary discourses on the nature of 'human rights', their histories, the myths that are embedded in them, and contributes an alternative reading of those histories by placing the concerns and interests of the 'people in struggle and communities of resistance' at centre stage.
Description based on print version record.