Human rights and the end of empire
Subtitle: Britain and the genesis of the European Convention
By: A.W. Brian Simpson
Series: Oxford scholarship online
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 1161
ISBN-13: 9780191714115
Subjects: Human rights; Colonies; Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Description: Drawing extensively on archive materials, this book tells the story of Britain's role in the postwar human rights movement focusing on the creation of the European Convention on Human Rights and its history to 1966. The author explores the significance of the Convention for Britain in the declining years of empire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.