The conservative human rights revolution : european identity, transnational politics, and the origin...
The conservative human rights revolution : european identity, transnational politics, and the origin...
The conservative human rights revolution : european identity, transnational politics, and the origins of the european convention / Marco Duranti.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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G 2018/5559
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English
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Physical content
xi, 507 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
The romance of International law -- Internationalism between nostalgia and technocracy -- Churchill, human rights, and the european project -- Postwar reconciliation, colonialism, and Cold War human rights -- Neoliberal human rights in postwar Britain -- Neomedieval human rights in the shadow of Vic...
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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[2017]
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Summary
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.
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The conservative human rights revolution : european identity, transnational politics, and the origins of the european convention / Marco Duranti.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-482) and index.
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G 2018/5559
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74VKV8K43xGA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV8K43xGA
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9780199811380
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341.48094
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991024188013202626
