Readings (520 pages):
James W. Nickel, Making Sense of Human Rights, Georgetown University Press: Washington, D.C. 2005 [revised edition, forthcoming, advance copy available with author’s permission]: chapters 5, 6, 7 and 10, 11, 12 118pp
Thomas Risse et.al., The Power of Human Rights. International Norms and Domestic Change, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999:109-133,205-278 99 pp
Martha C. Nussbaum, "The Role of Religion", in: Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000: 167-240, 74pp
Fernando Tesón, "International Human Rights and Cultural Relativism", in: The Philosophy of Human Rights, Patrick Hayden, ed., St. Paul, MN: Paragon House, 2001:279-396 28pp
Tore Lindholm, W. Cole Durham Jr, and Bahia Tahzib-Lie eds., Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Deskbook, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2004:xxxvi-xlii, 24-56, 147-172, 209-238 [texts by Tore Lindholm, Javier Martínez-Torrón/Rafael Navarro-Valls, and Manfred Novak/Tanja Vospernik] 96pp
David P. Forsythe, Human Rights in International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000:53-80, 110-136, 139-162 79pp
Joseph Chan, "A Confucian Perspective on Human Rights for Contemporary China", in: Joanne R. Bauer and Daniel A. Bell, eds, The East Asian Challenge to Human Rights, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999:212-237 26pp
Recommended basic readings about human rights in law and social science include::
Buergental, Thomas, et al. (2002); International Human Rights in a Nutshell, 3rd Ed., St Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company: 21-146, 159-173 139pp
Michael Freeman, Human rights: An interdisciplinary approach, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2002:32-100 67pp