Human Rights, Southern Voices: Francis Deng, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Yash Ghai and Upendra Baxi

Law in Context

by William Twining (Editor)

A just international order and a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law need to include perspectives that take account of the standpoints, interests, concerns and beliefs of non-Western people and traditions. The dominant scholarly and activist discourses about human rights have developed largely without reference to these other viewpoints. Claims about universality sit uneasily with ignorance of other traditions and parochial or ethnocentric tendencies. The object of the book is to make accessible the ideas of four jurists who present distinct 'Southern' perspectives on human rights.

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Emilio PÆsano · Rating 4 out of 5]

solid, respectful account of four under-recognized forces in the field... particular helpful on Baxi, whose critiques can be difficult to approach from his works alone...