The challenge of human rights : past, present and future / edited by David Keane, Yvonne McDermott
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TextPublisher: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, [2012]Copyright date: Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, ©2012Description: xi, 335 pagesISBN: 9780857939005 (hbk. : alk. paper); 0857939009 (hbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Human rights | Human rightsDDC classification: KM201.C422012 Summary: This text represents an attempt to think beyond the realms of what exists, to reflect on ideas postulated in the past that could be worthwhile in the future. It presents the reader with a key question; to what extent are the contemporary concepts of human rights equipped to address the challenges of a changed world?
"This collection of essays originated from a conference as part of the Irish Centre for Human Rights 10th Anniversary celebrations, which were held in Galway, Ireland, in November 2010"--Introd
This text represents an attempt to think beyond the realms of what exists, to reflect on ideas postulated in the past that could be worthwhile in the future. It presents the reader with a key question; to what extent are the contemporary concepts of human rights equipped to address the challenges of a changed world?
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