Title: The Human rights reader /
Authors: Laqueur, Walter, 1921-2018.; Rubin, Barry M.
Publisher: New American Library,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Civil rights History Sources.; Human rights History Sources.
Abstract: A sourcebook and history on the issue of human rights. Covers documents from the Magna Charta to the Vienna Accords and includes opinions of world thinkers.
Contents: The history of the idea of human rights / Kenneth Minogue -- What are human rights? / Maurice Cranston -- The politics of human rights / Daniel P. Moynihan -- The development of human rights in international law / Dennis J. Driscoll -- Second treatise of government / John Locke -- The spirit of laws / Baron de Montesquieu -- The social contract / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Essay on crimes and punishments / Cesare Beccaria -- Philosophical dictionary / Voltaire -- On the relationship of theory to practice in political right / Immanuel Kant -- Principles of legislation / Jeremy Bentham -- Essay on liberty / John Stuart Mill -- Considerations on representative government / John Stuart Mill -- Conscription of thought / John Dewey -- The Magna Charta -- The English Bill of Rights -- The United States Declaration of Independence -- The United States Constitution -- The Federalist number 84 / Alexander Hamilton and John Jay --^