This comprehensive title offers both an introduction and a critical analysis of enduring themes and issues in the contemporary theory and practice of human rights.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The basis and scope of human rights; Chapter 2: Human rights and law's domain; Chapter 3: Universalism and 'the other'; Chapter 4: Globalisation, human rights and the modern nation-state; Chapter 5: Democracy and human rights; Chapter 6: Global economic inequalities and human rights; Chapter 7: Accentuating the positive; References; Index.