Between Justice and Politics: The Ligue Des Droits de l'Homme, 1898-1945

by William Irvine

Between Justice and Politics is a history of the first fifty years of the Ligue des droits de l'Homme--the League of the Rights of Man. This is the first book-length study of the Ligue in any language, and it is informed by the recently available archives of the organization. Founded during the Dreyfus Affair, the Ligue took as its mandate the defense of human rights in all their forms. The central argument of this book--and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804753172
• ISBN13: 9780804753173
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"