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Lauren, Paul Gordon,

The evolution of international human rights : visions seen / Paul Gordon Lauren. - xiii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Pennsylvania studies in human rights . - Pennsylvania studies in human rights. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Visions and Visionaries -- My Brother's and Sister's Keeper: Vision and the Birth of Human Rights -- To Protect Humanity and Defend Justice: Early International Efforts -- Entering the Twentieth Century: World Visions, War, and Revolutions -- Opportunities and Challenges: Visions and Rights Between the Wars -- A "People's War": The Crusade of World War II -- A "People's Peace": Peace and a Charter with Human Rights -- Proclaiming a Vision: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Transforming Visions into Reality: The First Fifty Years of the Universal Declaration -- The Continuing Evolution -- Toward the Future -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

ISBN: 0812215214 9780812215212 0812232747 9780812232745

LCCN: 98015215

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights.

LC Class. No.: JC571 / .L285 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 341.481 323