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• Title:The twilight of human rights law / Eric A. Posner.
  
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• Author/Creator:Posner, Eric A., 1965- author.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K3240 .P69 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Human rights.
  Civil rights.
  
• Description:x, 185 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  
• Series:Inalienable rights series.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780199313440 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  019931344X (hbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. History of International Human Rights Law
  1.1. Prehistory
  -Before World War II
  1.2. Universal Declaration
  1.3. Cold War Era
  1.4. Modern Era
  2. Law and Institutions of Human Rights
  2.1. Proliferation of Treaties
  2.2. UN Committees, Council, and High Commission
  2.3. European Court and Other Regional Bodies
  2.4. International Criminal Law and Judicial Institutions
  2.5. National Institutions
  3. Why Do States Enter into Human Rights Treaties?
  3.1. To Improve Human Rights
  3.2. Costs of Entering into Human Rights Treaties
  3.3. "Western Imperialism" Criticism and Its Limits
  4. Do States Comply with Human Rights Treaties?
  4.1. Human Rights Treaties and the Question of Compliance
  4.2. Some Data
  4.3. Studies
  5. Why Do States Comply (or Not Comply) with Human Rights Treaties?
  5.1. International Incentives to Comply
  5.2. Domestic Incentives to Comply
  5.3. Ambiguity and Inconsistency
  5.4. Why International Organizations Are No Solution
  5.5. Failure of Will
  5.6. Problem of Epistemic Uncertainty
  5.7. Importance of Political Participation
  5.8. Reprise
  6. Human Rights and War
  6.1. Human Rights Peace
  6.2. Humanitarian Interventions
  6.3. League of Democracies
  7. Fresh Start: Human Rights and Development
  7.1. Three Dead Ends
  7.2. White Man's Burden.