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" Human rights, southern voices : "
edited by William Twining.
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BL
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961540
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b715910
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| Title & Author
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Human rights, southern voices : : Francis Deng, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Yash Ghai and Upendra Baxi /\ edited by William Twining.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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Law in context
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1 online resource (viii, 238 pages)
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| ISBN
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051165197X
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: 0511808364
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: 1282393936
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: 9780511808364
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: 9781282393936
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0521113210
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0521130263
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9780521113212
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9780521130264
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-230) and index.
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| Contents
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Francis Mading Deng -- The cow and the thing called "What": Dinka cultural perspectives on wealth and poverty -- Human rights, universalism and democracy -- A cultural approach to human rights among the Dinka -- Abdullahi An-Na'im -- Context and methodology: the Second Message of Islam -- Shari'a and basic human rights concerns -- Culural legitimation: towards a cross-cultural approach to defining international standards of human rights: the meaning of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment -- Islam and the secular state -- Economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) -- Yash Ghai -- Universalism and relativism: human rights as a framework for negotiating interethnic claims -- Understanding human rights in Asia -- Quotations -- Upendra Baxi -- Voices of suffering and the future of human rights -- Rights and "development."
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| Abstract
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This anthology introduces the ideas of four jurists who present distinct 'Southern' perspectives on human rights.
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Baxi, Upendra.
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Deng, Francis Mading,1938-
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Ghai, Yash P.,1938-
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Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad,1946-
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Baxi, Upendra.
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Deng, Francis Mading,1938-
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Ghai, Yash P.,1938-
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Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad,1946-
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Human rights-- History.
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Human rights-- Political aspects.
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Human rights-- Africa.
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Human rights-- Asia.
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Human rights-- Middle East.
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Human rights-- South America.
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Human rights.
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Human rights-- Political aspects.
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Human rights.
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Menschenrecht
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Menschenrechtler
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Human Rights.
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Human rights.
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Africa.
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Africa.
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Asia.
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Asia.
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Islamic world.
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Middle East.
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Nichtwestliche Welt
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Nichtwestliche Welt.
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South America.
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| Dewey Classification
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341.48
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| LC Classification
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K3240.H8587 2009
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86.81bcl
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KC200.H863 2009moys
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MD 4700rvk
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PR 2213rvk
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| Added Entry
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Twining, William,1934-
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