Making sense of human rights / James W. Nickel

Previous ed.: Berkeley, Calif.; London: University of California Press, 1987

Introduction -- The contemporary idea of human rights -- Human rights as rights -- Making sense of human rights -- Starting points for justifying human rights -- A framework for justifying specific rights -- The list question -- Due process rights and terrorist emergencies -- Economic liberties as fundamental freedoms -- Social rights as human rights -- Minority rights -- Eight responses to the relativist -- The good sense in human rights -- App. 1: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- App. 2: The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms -- App. 3: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- App. 4: The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights