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Comparative Human Rights

Comparative Human Rights 12 4 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW [Vol. 26 to rapid economic growth? Is a society that has a sufficient number of lawyers better or worse at conflict resolution? Finally, what is the role of a lawyer in an underdeveloped society that has embarked upon a program of radical social change? Legal aid programs will only be understood in underdeveloped countries in the context of the above questions. HUMAN RIGHTS COMPARATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS. Richard P. Claude, ed. Baltimore, London: John Hopkins University Press, Pp. 410. Reviewed by Dinah Shelton * The proposition advanced in this work is one heard with increasing frequency in recent years: the promotion and protection of human rights requires a multi-disciplinary approach. Although law has been the primary tool of the human rights movement, law by itself does not effectively protect human rights. People must respect human rights and must reach agreement among themselves over what rights they are willing to respect. As William Devall points out in his essay in this collection, public support for human rights is weak and limited: Repeatedly we have witnessed the overnight loss by groups of people of the rights which have developed over hundreds of years with http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

Comparative Human Rights

Shelton, Dinah
American Journal of Comparative Law , Volume 26 (1) – Jan 1, 1978
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Oxford University Press
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© 1978 by The American Society of Comparative Law, Inc.
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0002-919X
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2326-9197
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10.2307/839784
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12 4 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW [Vol. 26 to rapid economic growth? Is a society that has a sufficient number of lawyers better or worse at conflict resolution? Finally, what is the role of a lawyer in an underdeveloped society that has embarked upon a program of radical social change? Legal aid programs will only be understood in underdeveloped countries in the context of the above questions. HUMAN RIGHTS COMPARATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS. Richard P. Claude, ed. Baltimore, London: John Hopkins University Press, Pp. 410. Reviewed by Dinah Shelton * The proposition advanced in this work is one heard with increasing frequency in recent years: the promotion and protection of human rights requires a multi-disciplinary approach. Although law has been the primary tool of the human rights movement, law by itself does not effectively protect human rights. People must respect human rights and must reach agreement among themselves over what rights they are willing to respect. As William Devall points out in his essay in this collection, public support for human rights is weak and limited: Repeatedly we have witnessed the overnight loss by groups of people of the rights which have developed over hundreds of years with

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