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010 _a 2009378242
019 _a318875890
020 _a9781599412610
020 _a1599412616
035 _a(OCoLC)320268342
_z(OCoLC)318875890
043 _an-us---
050 0 0 _aK3240
_b.H846 2009
082 0 0 _a341.4/81
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245 0 0 _aHuman rights /
_cby Louis Henkin ... [et al.].
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bThomson Reuters/Foundation Press,
_c2009.
300 _alvii, 1622 p. ;
_c26 cm.
490 1 _aUniversity casebook series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. ix-xvii) and index.
505 0 _aIntroductory case study : the human rights implications of extraordinary renditions -- The human rights idea -- Human rights and constitutionalism in the United States -- The triumph of human rights after the second world war -- The international law of human rights -- International relations theories of human rights and measuring compliance with human rights treaties -- Implementation of human rights -- Implementing women's rights : CEDAW, violence against women, and cultural relativism -- Corporations and human rights -- International human rights obligations of the United States -- Civil rights -- Political rights -- Economic and social rights -- Terrorism and counterterrorism.
650 0 _aHuman rights
_vCases.
650 0 _aCivil rights
_zUnited States
_vCases.
700 1 _aHenkin, Louis.
830 0 _aUniversity casebook series.
999 _c556
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