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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
El derecho humano al desarrollo frente a la mundialización del mercado	Nicolás Angulo Sánchez	In seven chapters the author purports to explain development in terms of a human right. A separate generation so to speak of human rights similar to those of the environment, of peace, towards human…	OL11698257W
Bad Elements	Ian Buruma	"Strange things happen when Chinese dynasties near their end. Dams break, earthquakes hit, clouds appear in the shape of weird beasts, rain falls in odd colors, and insects infest the countryside. Th…	OL119117W
Natural law	Jacques Maritain	"Can there be universal moral principles in a culturally and religiously diverse world? Are such principles provided by a theory of natural law? Jacques response to both questions is "yes."". "These…	OL1192072W
Human Rights (World Issues)	Fiona MacDonald	Definition of human rights - How can human rights be achieved? - What causes the failure of governments to provide human rights - Efforts of United Nations - Action against those who abuse human righ…	OL15041166W
Great lives	William Jay Jacobs	Biographical portraits of twenty-nine individuals who fought for human rights, from Roger Williams and Thomas Paine to Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King.	OL15758804W
The Burning Tigris	Peter Balakian	A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten HeroesIn this national bestseller, the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenian…	OL15863664W
Human rights in the Asia-Pacific region	Hitoshi Nasu	"The Asia-Pacific region is known for having one of the least developed institutional mechanisms for protecting human rights. This edited collection makes a timely and distinctive contribution to con…	OL15901424W
The local relevance of human rights	K. de Feyter	"Do human rights offer real protection when disadvantaged groups invoke them at the local level in an attempt to improve their living conditions? If so, how can we make sure that the experiences of t…	OL15921116W
For humanity	Richard Goldstone	A justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa since 1994, Goldstone provides an intimate account of his progression from a young activist opposing South Africa's racial policies to the world'…	OL545545W
Personal freedom through human rights law	Marshall, Jill	"Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides a right to respect for one's private life. The European Court of Human Rights has interpreted this provision broadly to include a right …	OL5821592W
Secret Trials and Executions	Barbara Olshansky	Since the attacks of September 11th, there has been a sweeping revision of U.S. immigration laws, foreign intelligence gathering operations, and domestic law enforcement procedures. While aimed at …	OL5826414W
Awakening Hippocrates	Edward O'Neil	"A comprehensive overview of the current state of world poverty and health, directed to the health care provider interested in volunteering abroad"--Provided by publisher.	OL5838112W
Will the boat sink the water?	Chen, Guidi.,Guidi Chen	This unique work of investigative literary journalism is translated into English for the first time. The Chinese prize-winning original sold more than 250,000 copies before it was banned and went on …	OL5852142W
Human rights	Brian Orend	Publisher description: What are human rights? What justifies us in believing we have them? What are rights-holders and duty-bearers? Who should bear the costs and responsibilities for making human ri…	OL5999664W
Learning to live together	Margaret Sinclair	At a time when armed conflict and violence are widespread, learning to live together represents an ever greater challenge to educators worldwide. People in all societies need to develop respect for h…	OL6059722W
Borderline	Peter Mares	Australia's response to refugees and asylum seekers in the wake of the Tampa	OL6073973W
What's Wrong With Human Rights	T. Robert Ingram	From the back cover: "The 'human rights' idea has been cried up for an alternative to Divine law as “the basis and foundation of government” ever since the Declaration of Rights of Virginia in 177…	OL6816576W
Human Rights in Chinese Thought	Stephen C. Angle	What should we make of claims by members of other groups to have moralities different from our own? Human Rights in Chinese Thought gives an extended answer to this question in the first study of it…	OL8304984W
Levi's Children	Karl Schoenberger	"Levi Strauss is perhaps the ideal model for understanding how globalization has brought companies face-to-face with accusations of human rights violations. For years, the iconic blue-jeans maker has…	OL8398816W
Mountains Beyond Mountains	Tracy Kidder	At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-c…	OL98216W