Human Rights (Paperback)

Part 1: Making Rights 1. The Paradox of Human Rights 2. Towards a Sociology of Rights 3. From Rights to Liberty in England and the United States 4. The Comparative Sociology of Rights Regimes 5. From Liberty to the Rule of (Property) Law in the United States 6. Japan, the Rule of Law and the Absence of Liberty Part 2: Righting The World? 7. The United States and the Invention of Human Rights 8. The Warren Court: Setting the International Agenda 9. The United Nations and the Internationalization of American Rights Discourse 10. Making an Example of Japan 11. The Desire for Equality and the Emergence of a Sociology for Human Rights. Conclusion: For a New Universalism