Are (Should) Human Rights (Be) Universal?.

Levesque, Roger J. R.

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ERIC Number: EJ596130

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Are (Should) Human Rights (Be) Universal?

Levesque, Roger J. R.

Update on Law-Related Education, v22 n3 p28,30 Fall 1998

States that resistance to human-rights principles derives from cultural views of life. Explains that the debate about human rights tends to be framed in terms of either a universal or relative standard of how countries should treat their citizens and how the citizens should treat one another. (CMK)

Descriptors: Citizen Role, Civil Liberties, Cultural Influences, Culture, Ideology, International Law, Public Policy, Secondary Education, Social Change, Social Problems, Social Studies, World Affairs, World Views

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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