The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting, and Intent

by Johannes Morsink

Book Overview

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1999

Born of a shared revulsion against the horrors of the Holocaust, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has become the single most important statement of international ethics. It was inspired by and reflects the full scope of President Franklin Roosevelt's famous four freedoms: "the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812217470
• ISBN13: 9780812217476
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"