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Prawa człowieka – od ideologii do praw podstawowych
Human rights – from an ideology to a basic rights

Author(s): ANDRZEJ W. JABŁOŃSKI
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: human rights; history of law; democracy; civil rights; freedom

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present an outline of the theory of human and civil rights from a historical perspective. The author shows the influence of Western political thought, in particular the doctrine of natural law and liberal constitutionalism, on the evolution of human rights, from the political and legal idea to statutory law.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 61-80
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish