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Human Rights, Southern Voices: Francis Deng, Abdullahi An-Na´im, Yash Ghai and Upendra Baxi
William Twining
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Description for Human Rights, Southern Voices: Francis Deng, Abdullahi An-Na´im, Yash Ghai and Upendra Baxi
paperback. This anthology introduces the ideas of four jurists who present distinct 'Southern' perspectives on human rights. Editor(s): Twining, William. Series: Law in Context. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAB; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
A just international order and a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law need to include perspectives that take account of the standpoints, interests, concerns and beliefs of non-Western people and traditions. The dominant scholarly and activist discourses about human rights have developed largely without reference to these other viewpoints. Claims about universality sit uneasily with ignorance of other traditions and parochial or ethnocentric tendencies. The object of the book is to make accessible the ideas of four jurists who present distinct 'Southern' perspectives on human rights.
A just international order and a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law need to include perspectives that take account of the standpoints, interests, concerns and beliefs of non-Western people and traditions. The dominant scholarly and activist discourses about human rights have developed largely without reference to these other viewpoints. Claims about universality sit uneasily with ignorance of other traditions and parochial or ethnocentric tendencies. The object of the book is to make accessible the ideas of four jurists who present distinct 'Southern' perspectives on human rights.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Law in Context
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521130264
SKU
V9780521130264
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About William Twining
William Twining is Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus of University College London. He has worked extensively in Eastern Africa, the Commonwealth and the United States. Much of his recent work explores the implications of globalisation for law and legal theory. His previous book, General Jurisprudence: Understanding Law from a Global Perspective, is a precursor of Human Rights: Southern Voices.
Reviews for Human Rights, Southern Voices: Francis Deng, Abdullahi An-Na´im, Yash Ghai and Upendra Baxi
'The book on the whole offers a good insight into the similarities and differences. It helps to compare each particular stance to the other and allows relating them to those patterns of thought that are typical for western approaches in the study of human rights … Twining's edition makes available the particular view of four legal scholars from a non-Western ... Read more