Title: The age of rights /
Authors: Bobbio, Norberto, 1909-2004.
Publisher: Polity Press ; Marketing and production, Blackwell Publishers,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Human rights
Abstract: A clarification and defence of human rights. The book argues that the development of human rights is an historical sign of progress in a world marked by the proliferation of cruel wars, the arms trade, pollution, famine and pessimism. It draws on the work of Kant, Locke, Beccaria and Paine.