Human rights in the United States :
a dictionary and documents /
Rita Cantos Cartwright and H. Victor Condé ; foreword by William F. Schulz.

Description

Main Author

Cartwright, Rita Cantos.

Related Names

Condé, H. Victor, 1947-

Language(s)

English

Published

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2000.

Subjects

Human rights > Human rights / United States > Human rights / United States / History > Human rights / United States / History / Sources.
Human rights > Human rights / United States > Human rights / United States / Dictionaries.

Summary

This book provides a documents section containing 59 conventions, treaties, and protocols related to the most up-to-date international action on ethnic cleansing, freedom of expression and religion, and violence against women. It offers 240 dictionary entries of human rights terms--ranging from asylum to cultural relativism to hate crimes to torture. Each entry discusses the significance of the term, gives examples, and cites appropriate documents and court decisions.

Note

Paged continuously.

Physical Description

2 v. (lvi, 931 p.) : ill., form ; 27 cm.

ISBN

157607109X (alk. paper)

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