Justice Across Borders The Struggle for Human Rights in U.S. Courts

Justice Across Borders The Struggle for Human Rights in U.S. Courts

Human rights refers to the inalienable international legal, moral, and political norms that protect the personal integrity, basic equality, political and social identity, and participation of all people.13 “Human rights are universal: they belong to every human being in society.”14 They include t...

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Tác giả chính: Davis, Jeffrey
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