The Rights of Man
The Rights of Man
Author(s): Edward Hallett Carr
Subject(s): International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: CEEOL Digital Reproductions / Collections
Summary/Abstract: The conception of the rights of man dates historically from the eighteenth century when it was particularly (though not, of course, exclusively) associated with the American and French revolutions. It was expressed at that time in wholly political terms. The more modern conception of the rights of man may perhaps be associated (though also not exclusively) with the Russian revolution and is economic and social as much as political. It is this modern conception quite as much as the classical tradition which must be considered as having inspired this provision in the Charter.
Book: HUMAN RIGHTS - Comments and Interpretations. A Symposium edited by UNESCO
- Page Range: 19-23
- Page Count: 5
- Publication Year: 1949
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
