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008			140927s2014 enk ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aEBLCP _beng _erda _cEBLCP _dIDEBK _dNT
020			_a9780199313457 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aJC571 _b.T855 2014
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aPosner, Eric A. _e1
245	1	0	_aThe Twilight of Human Rights Law
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2014.
300			_a1 online resource (201 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aInalienable Rights
500			_aDescription based upon print version of record.
505	0	0	_aCover; Series; The Twilight of Human Rights Law; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; 1 The History of International Human Rights Law; 1.1 Prehistory-Before World War II; 1.2 The Universal Declaration; 1.3 The Cold War Era; 1.4 The Modern Era; 2 The Law and Institutions of Human Rights; 2.1 The Proliferation of Treaties; 2.2 The UN Committees, Council, and High Commission; 2.3 The European Court and Other Regional Bodies; 2.4 International Criminal Law and Judicial Institutions; 2.5 National Institutions; 3 Why Do States Enter into Human Rights Treaties?
505	0	0	_a3.1 To Improve Human Rights3.2. The Costs of Entering into Human Rights Treaties; 3.3. The "Western Imperialism" Criticism and Its Limits; 4 Do States Comply with Human Rights Treaties?; 4.1 Human Rights Treaties and the Question of Compliance; 4.2 Some Data; 4.3 The Studies; 5 Why Do States Comply (or Not Comply) with Human Rights Treaties?; 5.1 International Incentives to Comply; 5.2. Domestic Incentives to Comply; 5.3 Ambiguity and Inconsistency; 5.4 Why International Organizations Are No Solution; 5.5 A Failure of Will; 5.6 The Problem of Epistemic Uncertainty
505	0	0	_a5.7 The Importance of Political Participation5.8 Reprise; 6 Human Rights and War; 6.1 The Human Rights Peace; 6.2 Humanitarian Interventions; 6.3 The League of Democracies; 7 A Fresh Start: Human Rights and Development; 7.1 Three Dead Ends; 7.2 The White Man's Burden; Acknowledgments; Appendix: List of Rights; Notes; Further Readings; Index
520	0		_aCountries solemnly intone their commitment to human rights, and they ratify endless international treaties and conventions designed to signal that commitment. At the same time, there has been no marked decrease in human rights violations, even as the language of human rights has become the dominant mode of international moral criticism. Well-known violators like Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan have sat on the U.N. Council on Human Rights. But it''s not just the usual suspects that flagrantly disregard the treaties. Brazil pursues extrajudicial killings. South Africa employs violence against pro.
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650		0	_aCivil rights.
650		0	_aHuman rights.
650		0	_aLaw.
650		4	_aCivil rights.
650		4	_aHuman rights.
650		4	_aLaw.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell