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Human rights and U.S. foreign policy

by Peter G. Brown

1977Civil rightsCivil rights (International law)Addresses, essays, lecturesForeign relations

Recent human rights provisions in U.S. law governing foreign policy. Part I. Background : the new initiative: 1. A new Administration's new policy : the rise to power of human Rights, by Mark L. Schneider. 2. Human rights and foreign aid : forging an unbreakable link, by Part II. Principles : the nature and justification of human 3. Human rights and foreign assistance programs, by Hugo Adams Bedau. 4. Human rights and social justice, by Charles R. Beitz. 5. Rights in the light of duties, by Henry Shue. 6. Human rights as a neutral concern, by Thomas M. Scanlon. 7. Constraints, goals, and moralism in foreign policy, by Douglas MacLean. Part III. Principles : international issues: 8. Domestic jurisdiction, intervention, and human rights : the International law perspective, by Thomas Buergenthal. 9. The ethics of intervention : two normative traditions, by J. Bryan 10. Human rights and intevention, by Mark R. Wicclair. Part IV. Applications : information and interpretation: 11." ... in the national interest", by Peter G. Brown. 12. Monitoring human rights violations : how good is the information? by 13. Human rights violations and U.S. foreign assistance : the Latin American connectio

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