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The mystery of capital : the role of property rights in creating wealth and alleviating poverty

, 2004
Why does capitalism triumph in the West but fail almost everywhere else? Elegantly, and with rare clarity, Hernando de Soto revolutionizes our understanding of what capital is and why it has failed to benefit four-fifths of mankind -- and explains the ...
H. D. Soto
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Taking Rights Seriously.

, 1977
Introduction \ 1. Jurisprudence \ 2. The Model of Rules I \ 3. The Model of Rules II \ 4. Hard Cases \ 5. Constitutional Cases \ 6. Justice and Rights \ 7. Taking Rights Seriously \ 8. Civil Disobedience \ 9. Reverse Discrimination \ 10.
A. White, R. Dworkin
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Basic Rights

, 2020
Since its original publication, this book has proven increasingly influential to those working in political philosophy, human rights, global justice, and the ethics of international relations and foreign policy, particularly in debates regarding foreign ...
H. Shue
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting, and Intent

, 1999
In his 1941 State of the Union message President Franklin Roosevelt called for the protection worldwide of four essential freedoms: "the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear ...
Johannes Morsink
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Ideals and Ideologies, 2018
principles, it was impossible to explain." If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different ...
Mary Wollstonecraft
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‘Voice’ is not enough: conceptualising Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

, 2007
This article provides a children's rights critique of the concept of ‘pupil voice’. The analysis is founded on Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which gives children the right to have their views given due weight in ...
L. Lundy
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The Case for Animal Rights

Personalist Forum, 2023
Tom Regan
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International Human Rights

Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers, 2018
International human rights law and institutions continue to be inadequate to prevent or redress many of the most serious human rights violations witnessed around the world.
Amy J. Higer
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The Rights of People With Disabilities

International Human Rights, Social Policy and Global Development, 2020
This chapter assesses the role of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) in driving law and policy reform globally relating to the rights of people with disabilities.
Charles O’Mahony, Shivaun Quinlivan
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The power of human rights : international norms and domestic change

, 1999
List of contributors Preface 1. The socialization of international human rights norms into domestic practices: introduction Thomas Risse and Kathryn Sikkink 2. Transnational activism and political change in Kenya and Uganda Hans Peter Schmitz 3. The long
Thomas Risse-Kappen, Steve C. Ropp, Kathryn Sikkink   +2 more
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