Are human rights universal? Universalists and cultural relativists have long been debating this question. In INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, Alison Dundes Renteln reconciles the two positions and argues that, within the vast array of cultural practices and values, it is possible to create structural equivalents to rights in all societies. She poses that empirical cross-cultural research can reveal universal human rights standards, then demonstrates it through an analysis of the concept of measured retribution.
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS is a classic socio-legal...
Are human rights universal? Universalists and cultural relativists have long been debating this question. In INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
"A Woman's Right to Culture" is a new and insightful analysis of the usual meme that cultural rights in international law are at odds with the rights of women in affected societies. Rather than seeing these concepts as mutually exclusive, Linda Veazey frames cultural rights - through detailed case studies and analysis of law - in a way that incorporates and enriches the very gender-protective norms they are often thought to defeat.
Adding a Foreword by University of Southern California professor Alison Dundes Renteln, the study makes the case, and supports it with illustrations over...
"A Woman's Right to Culture" is a new and insightful analysis of the usual meme that cultural rights in international law are at odds with the righ...
