The slave trade and the origins of international human rights law
"There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment and that a self-conscious and broad-based human rights movement focused on international law only began after World War II. In this narrative, the nineteenth century's absence is con...
| Основен автор: | Martinez, Jenny S. |
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| Автор-организации: | ebrary, Inc. |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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Съдържание:
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- Introduction
- Chapter One: International Law, Slavery and the Idea of International Human Rights
- Chapter Two: British Abolitionism and Diplomacy, 1807-1817
- Chapter Three: The United States and the Slave Trade: 1776-1824
- Chapter Four: The Courts of Mixed Commission for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
- Chapter Five:Am I Not a Man and a Brother?
- Chapter Six: Hostis Humanis Generis: Enemies of Mankind
- Chapter Seven: The Final Abolition of the Slave Trade
- Chapter Eight: A Bridge to the Future: Links Between the Abolition of the Slave Trade and the Modern International Human Rights Movement
- Chapter Nine: International Human Rights Law and International Courts: Rethinking their Origins and Future.