Essential human rights /

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Corporate Author: American Academy of Political and Social Science
Other Authors: Lewis, William Draper, 1867-1949, Ellingston, John R. (John Rocky), 1897-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1946.
Series:Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 243.
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Table of Contents:
  • International importance of human rights
  • An international declaration of human rights
  • Human rights in selected areas
  • National legal protection of human rights
  • International procedures for protection of human rights
  • Future international action.
  • Human rights in the United Nations charter / Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
  • Economic rights in the United Nations charter / H.V. Evatt.
  • Human rights are basic to success of United Nations / Henri Bonnet.
  • Human rights as a condition of peace in the Far East / Carlos P. romulo.
  • The content of an international bill of rights / Charles E. Merriam.
  • Statement of essential human rights / Committee appointed by American Law Institute.
  • The right to work / John R. Ellingston.
  • The five economic and social rights / C. Wilfred Jenks.
  • Freedom is unsafe without self-government / Karl Loewenstein.
  • International protection of basic interests / Warren A. Seavey.
  • Human rights in Roman law countries / Charles de Visscher.
  • Human rights in England and the United States / William Draper Lewis.
  • Political structure in the Chinese draft constitution / Chun-Mai Carsun Chang.
  • Human rights in Islam / Majid Khadduri.
  • Human rights in the cultural tradition of Spanish America / Victor Andrés Belaúnde.
  • Human rights in Latin America / Ciro Alegria.
  • Protection of human rights under the United States constitution / Noel T. Dowling.
  • The writ of habeas corpus / Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr.
  • The writ of amparo: Mexican procedure to protect human rights / Carlos Sánchez Mejorado.
  • Historical background of international protection of human rights / Edwin Borchard.
  • Human rights in mandated territories / William E. Rappard.
  • Protection of minorities and human rights / Pablo de Azcárate.
  • Upper Silesia under the League of Nations / Georges S. Kaekenbeech.
  • International agreements can protect specific rights / Roger N. Baldwin.
  • Pan-American action for protection of human rights / Charles G. Fenwick.
  • Possible functions of the Commission on Human Rights / O. Frederick Nolde.
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