Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies

by Austin Sarat (Editor), Thomas R. Kearns (Editor)

The Amherst Series in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought

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"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 show more rights."--Jacket. show less

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Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science, Amherst College. Thomas R. Kearns is William H. Hastie Professor of Philosophy & Professor of Law, Jurisprudence, & Social Thought, Amherst College. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Human Rights: Concepts, Contests, Contingencies

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Politics and Government, Nonfiction
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323Society, government, & culturePolitical scienceCivil Rights & Liberties/ Human Rights
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JC571 .H765Political SciencePolitical theoryPolitical theory. The state. Theories of the statePurpose, functions, and relations of the state
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