208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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The concept of human rights has a long history. Its practical origins, as distinct from its theoretical antecedents, are said to be comparatively recent, going back no further than the American and French Bills of Rights of the eighteenth century. Even those landmarks are seen as little more than the precursors of the twentieth century starting-point - the Universal Declaration of Human... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Human Rights; Chapter 3 Humanitas Romana; Chapter 4 Human Rights Prior to Humanitas Romana; Chapter 5 Human Rights in the Late Republic; Chapter 6 Human Rights in the Late Republic; Chapter 7 The New Image of Humanitas; Chapter 8 The New Image of Humanitas; Chapter 9 Man’s Inhumanity to Man; Chapter 10 Conclusion;
Biography
Richard A. Bauman
'It is a study at once exciting and very learned' – Spokesman
'The author of Human Rights in Ancient Rome lays considerable claims to originality. The systematic organization of a "patchwork" picture is the outstanding merit of this study.' – Greece and Rome
