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by Philip Alston (Author), Ryan Goodman (Author), Henry J. Steiner (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 1560 pages
  • Publisher: oup; 3 edition (13 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 019927942X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199279425
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17 x 6.6 cm
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The third edition of International Human Rights in Context continues to bring sophisticated and thought-provoking analysis to the study of human rights within its wider social and cultural context. This widely acclaimed interdisciplinary coursebook presents a diverse range of carefully edited primary and secondary materials alongside extensive text, editorial commentary, and study questions. Within its conceptual framework, the book thoroughly covers the major topics of international human rights: the basic characteristics of international law; evolution of the human rights movement movement; civil, political, economic and social rights; the humanitarian laws of war; globalization; self-determination; women's rights; universalism and cultural relativisim; intergovernmental and nongovernmental institutions; implementation and enforcement; internal application of human rights norms; and the spread of constitutionalism. The third edition has been considerably revised and restructured to incoroprate new themes and topics including: human rights in relation to terrorism amd national security; responsibility of nonstate actors for human rights violations; recent substantial changes in sources and processes of international law; achieved and potential reforrm within UN human rights institution; theories about international organizations and their influence on state behavior. Its scope, challenging enquiries, and clarity make it the ideal companion for human rights students, scholars, advocates and practitioners alike. Online Resource Centre The third edition is accompanied by a new Online Resource Centre housing a documents supplement, a selection of documents essential to an understanding of materials in different parts of the coursebook.


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Henry J. Steiner is Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law and Director of the Law School Human Rights Program, Harvard University
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best compilation available for students on human rights, 6 Sep 2000
By David Mednicoff "mednic" (Amherst, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: International Human Rights in Context, 2nd Ed. (Paperback)
This is the second edition of a volume that is the best single collection of ideas and documents on international human rights. Admittedly, the available teaching texts on human rights leave a good deal to be desired at this point.

Still, Steiner and Alston stands out. The strengths of the book are its comprehensiveness, its large amount of materials on cultural relativism, its legal detail and its collection of documents. It is probably most appropriate for postgraudate law students, but I am using it as the main book for an advanced college class in the United States. The co-editors have provided good updates that take account of recent problems and advances in human rights law. I wish there was more attention still paid to specific geographical examples of human rights violations, especially as the current examples tend to use mostly advanced legal materials. Also, the book could use more extended more basic arguments about the meaning and nature of human rights, as well a wider variety of more elementary contemporary Western and non-Western critiques.

Yet, all in all, this is a very fine collection that is suitable to anyone wishing a wide array of materials on the subject. It will be most effective in the context of a university class, because it can take some work to sort out the large amount of materials by topic or level of reader. Because of this, the book will clearly receive most use by university students and teachers of this subject.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Glaring Omission..., 11 May 2004
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This review is from: International Human Rights in Context, 2nd Ed. (Paperback)
This volume is comprehensive in scope and interesting to read - but astonishingly, it fails to give even basic coverage to the notion of 'contemporary slavery'!

Contemporary (or modern/new) slavery is a huge problem not only in the developing world but also, (to a lesser but no less important extent) in the West. Organisations such as Anti-Slavery International, at the forefront of the struggle to eliminate new slavery, have found that bringing together the most prevalent contemporary forms of slavery - such as trafficking, bonded labour, forced prostitution, child labour and forced marriage - under a heading which makes the abhorrent and unacceptable nature of these practices clear, is the most effective way to raise public awareness of the plight of millions of modern-day slaves throughout the world.

Thus, usage of the term 'contemporary slavery' is fast becoming common practice among organisations and institutions whose principal aim is the complete abolition of slavery in modern times - I would have expected a volume such as this, with its finger on the pulse of the international human rights scene, to be aware of this development and to reflect it in the content and structure of International Human Rights in Context, 2nd ed.

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