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Human Rights in the United States: A Dictionary and Documents
Grey House Publishing Inc, Feb 2011, Pages: 750
This two-volume set offers easy to grasp explanations of the basic concepts and laws in the field, with emphasis on human rights in the historical, political, and legal experience of the United States. This indispensable resource surveys the legal protection of human dignity in the United States, examines the sources of human rights norms, cites key legal cases, explains the role of international governmental and non-governmental organizations, and charts global, regional, and UN human rights measures.
- New second edition offers up-to-date data on Guantanamo Detention Centre, immigrant rights, the Torture Bill and many more current event topics
- Comprehensive Introduction places the history of human rights in the United States in an international context
- Details over 300 human rights terms, ranging from asylum and cultural relativism to hate crimes and torture, with a discussion of the significance of the term, examples, and citations of appropriate documents and court decisions
- Provides expanded coverage of over 60 Primary Documents, including conventions, treaties, and protocols related to the most up-to-date international action on ethnic cleansing, freedom of expression and religion, violence against women, and much more
- New Historical Timeline
- Nine Appendices, with additional sources of information
- A comprehensive Bibliography, to expand research on this interesting topic
- Comprehensive Index
- Available in print and ebook formats
This comprehensive, timely volume is a must for large public libraries, university libraries and social science departments, along with high school libraries.
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