The first book to examine the premises and underlying assumptions of four major schools of thought on human rights. Its author demonstrates that different politicians and writers have different perspectives on human rights. Provides an illuminating account of recent American thought on the subject and a penetrating analysis of the issues involved.
An assessment of sovereignty as status and power, which also scrutinises what precisely constitutes a sovereign state. The concept of sovereignty and the role it may have in the "new world order" is also examined in this discussion.
