International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals: Text and Materials

by Henry J. Steiner, Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman

Book Overview

This widely acclaimed interdisciplinary coursebook presents a diverse range of carefully edited primary and secondary materials alongside extensive text, editorial commentary, and study questions. International Human Rights in Context, Third Edition, thoroughly covers the basic characteristics of international law; evolution of the human rights movement; civil, political, economic, and social rights; the humanitarian laws of war; globalization; self-determination;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019927942X
• ISBN13: 9780199279425
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 1536 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 9.6" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Human Rights Concerns

This book contains information about numerous human rights concerns from all around the world. In addition, it contains numerous articles and many documents. It is a wonderful research took that can be used by persons first learning about human rights, as well as by those persons who are working on post-undergraduate degrees

Thought-provoking

This is a really good human rights textbook. It covers a wide range of human rights issues, and has a lot of interesting articles. However I found some of the chapters rather difficult because of the legal jargon. Some of the things you have to read over more than once. The questions in the text focus on your personal opinions, so doing homework from this book is not so bad once you understand the questions (which for my slow brain was a challenge.) It is also very useful as a doorstop. :)

A book worth reading, not for the fainted heart

A book mixing a variety of topics on the hot subject of child labor, it combines all the right elements to attract the reader. Though the lengh of the book is a little long its great ideas and intriguing subject keep you reading. This is an enjoyable book to read on a lazy day.