Encyclopaedia of Human Rights in the United States, 2 Volume Set

Grey House Publishing author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Grey House Publishing Inc

Published:30th Nov '17

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This two-volume set offers easy to grasp explanations of the basic concepts and laws in the field, with emphasis on human rights in the historical, political, and legal experience of the United States. This indispensable resource surveys the legal protection of human dignity in the United States, examines the sources of human rights norms, cites key legal cases, explains the role of international governmental and non-governmental organizations, and charts global, regional, and UN human rights measures.

  • New third edition offers up-to-date data on Guantanamo Detention Centre, immigrant rights, the Torture Bill and many more current event topics.
  • Comprehensive Introduction places the history of human rights in the United States in an international context.
  • Details over 300 human rights terms, ranging from asylum and cultural relativism to hate crimes and torture, with a discussion of the significance of the term, examples, and citations of appropriate documents and court decisions.
  • Provides expanded coverage of over 60 Primary Documents, including conventions, treaties, and protocols related to the most up-to-date international action on ethnic cleansing, freedom of expression and religion, violence against women, and much more.
  • New Historical Timeline
  • Nine Appendices, with additional sources of information
  • A comprehensive Bibliography, to expand research on this interesting topic
  • Comprehensive Index
  • Available in print and ebook formats
  • This comprehensive, timely volume is a must for large public libraries, university libraries and social science departments, along with high school libraries.

...invaluable for anyone interested in human rights issues ... highly recommended for all reference collections.' - American Reference Books Annual

'...unique because of its U.S. emphasis and its inclusion of extensive primary source material.It is nicely organized and written at a level that makes it useful for high school and college students, as well as the general reader, and is recommended for high school, public, and academic libraries...' - Booklist

'This is a timely resource that will most likely be used by serious students of human rights with some background in research. Every academic library with active political science or international relations departments should have access to it.' - Booklist

'...a conceptually thorough and well-organized reference. The definitions are relevant with valuable commentary and are linked to source documents and other related entries ... Both academic and public libraries should consider this important and timely reference for their collections.' - Against the Grain

“ This two-volume reference will provide invaluable for anyone interested in human rights issues… With the cross-references to terms, documents, and appendixes, the reader will understand the work more fully and specifically. This work is highly recommended for all reference collections.” - ARBA

ISBN: 9781682173466

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 6120g

750 pages

3rd Revised edition