The Conservative Human Rights Revolution
Subtitle: European Identity, Transnational Politics, and the Origins of the European Convention
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 17, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780199811380
Description: This book reconsiders the origins of the European human rights system, arguing that its conservative inventors, foremost among them Winston Churchill, conceived of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as a means of realizing a controversial political agenda and advancing a Christian vision of European identity.
Notes: Source title: The Conservative Human Rights Revolution: European Identity, Transnational Politics, and the Origins of the European Convention