| Description |
1 online resource (211 p.) |
| Series |
International Law Series |
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International law series.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Series Preface -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Figure -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Universalism versus Cultural Relativism in the African Debate on International Human Rights -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Problem Statement and Conceptual Framework -- 1.3 The Working Definition of Human Rights -- 1.4 The Focus of the Book -- 1.5 The Role of Human Rights in Nation-State Building in Postcolonial Africa -- 1.6 The Structural Organisation of the Book |
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2 Between Universalism and Cultural Relativism: Unpacking the Key Concepts -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Universalism -- 2.3 Cultural Relativism -- 2.4 Synthesis: Critique and Commentary on African Arguments for Cultural Relativism -- 3 Application of the Modified Modernisation Theory to Explain the Relevance of Human Rights to Africa -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Governance Legacy of Colonial Rule: Deformation and Transformation of Precolonial African Societies into Modern Nation-States -- 3.3 Modernisation Theory and its Nexus to the Universality of Human Rights -- 3.4 Synthesis and Conclusion |
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4 International Human Rights as Sui Generis Moral and Legal Rights: A Justification for Universality -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Early Philosophical Justifications for Human Rights -- 4.3 Postcolonial Moral Justifications for the Universality of Human Rights Standards -- 4.4 Human Rights as Sui Generis Universal Moral and Legal Rights -- 4.5 Synthesis of the Relationship between Ratification and Universality -- 5 Conclusion -- 5.1 Universalism versus Relativism Debate: Strengths and Limitations -- 5.2 Practical and Theoretical Justifications for Universality of Human Rights Standards |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography -- Notes |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781837720682 |
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1837720681 |
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