Scholars of history, law, theology and anthropology critically revisit the history of human rights.

Human rights offer a vision of international justice that today’s idealistic millions hold dear. Yet the very concept on which the movement is based became fa

Ishay recounts the struggle for human rights across the ages, from the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi to the era of globalization. She illustrates how the hist

There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment but that a self-conscious and broad-based human right

This volume explores the place of human rights in history, providing an alternative framework for understanding the political and legal dilemmas that these conf