The evolution of international human rights : visions seen /
Paul Gordon Lauren
- 2nd ed.
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania, c2003.
- xi, 397p. : ill. ; 30cm.
- (Pennsylvania Students in Human Rights) .
Includes bibliography and index
This book focuses on international human rights. It explores the transformation of a world patterned by centuries of traditional structures of authority, gender abuse, racial prejudice, class divisions and slavery, colonial empires, and claims of national sovereignty into a global community.