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Human rights : concepts, contests, contingencies concepts, contests, contingencies / edited by Austin Sarat and Thomas R. Kearns. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2001. - 124 p. ; 24 cm. - The Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought . - Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

ISBN: 047208903X 9780472089031

LCCN: 00010837

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA3-08058

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights.
Civil rights.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Droits de l'homme.

LC Class. No.: JC571 / .H76935

Dewey Class. No.: 323