01168    a2200121   4500020001800000082001900018100003100037245006600068260003700134300001200171520077200183650009100955  a9781107601635  a341.48	bROB-C  aRoberts, Christopher N.J.   aContentious History of the International Bill of Human Right   bCambridge University Pressc2014  a255, pp  aToday, the idea of human rights enjoys near-universal support; yet, there is deep disagreement about what human rights actually are - their true source of origin, how to study them, and how best to address their deficits. In this sweeping historical exploration, Christopher N. J. Roberts traces these contemporary conflicts back to their moments of inception and shows how more than a half century ago, a series of contradictions worked their way into the International Bill of Human Rights, the foundation of the modern system of human rights. By viewing human rights as representations of human relations that emerge from struggle, this book charts a new path into the subject of human rights and offers a novel theory and methodology for rigorous empirical study.  aHuman rightsvUniversal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations. General Assembly)