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Did the history of human rights begin decades, centuries or even millennia ago? What constitutes this history? And what can we really learn from 'the textbook narrative' - the unilinear, forward-looking tale of progress and inevitable triumph authored primarily by Western philosophers, politicians and activists? Does such a distinguishable entity as 'the history of human rights' even exist, or are efforts to read evidence in past events of the later 'evolution' of human rights mere ideology? This book explores these questions through a collective effort by scholars of history, law, theology and anthropology. Rather than entities with an absolute, predefined 'essence', this book conceptualizes human rights as open-ended and ambiguous. It taps into recent 'revisionist' debates and asks: what do we really know of the history of human rights?

Human Rights --- Human rights. --- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation

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The interplay between Christianity and International Law... The terms 'Christianity' and 'International Law', as well as their relationship to each other, are not easy to understand - at least where there might be consensus. The aim here is to diagnose the elusiveness of these phenomena, why this is important to understand, and to set the stage for further investigations. So why is it that we cannot come to a consensus about this phenomena, 'Christianity and International Law'? If you are inclined, pause a moment with this text and build a list of possible reasons... Some contrarians might answer that we actually do have a relative consensus, that most reasonable people, at least with the opportunity to learn, find common agreement over most things and whatever differences simply reflect the diversity, the spice, the irreducible uniqueness of individual personalities and cultures. Those who might criticize or denounce this consensus are simply acting in so-called bad faith, whether that is deliberate or misguided or some unintentional tick in their nature. In this scenario, 'we' have (faith in, understanding of) Christianity, 'they' would take it away or diminish it; 'we' respect (follow, obey, promote) international law, 'they' would ignore it or undermine its integrity.

International law --- Religion and law. --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Droit international --- Religion et droit. --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme.

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"The essays in this volume explore the ways rights were available to those on the margins. By tracing pivotal judicial concepts such as 'right of necessity' and 'subjective rights' from their medieval versions, and by situating them in unexpected contexts such as the Franciscans' theory of poverty and colonization or today's immigration and border control, this volume invites its readers to consider whether individual rights were in fact or in theory available to the marginalized. By focusing not only on those who are economically impoverished but also those who were disenfranchised because of disability, gender, race, religion or infidelity, the book also sheds light on the relationship between the early history of individual rights and social justice at the margins"--

Human rights --- Marginality, Social --- Droits de l'homme. --- Exclusion sociale --- Droits de l'homme --- Marginality, Social. --- Public welfare --- Legal assistance to the poor --- Poor laws --- Aide sociale --- Aide à l'accès au droit. --- Lois sur les pauvres. --- Philosophy --- Law and legislation. --- Law. --- History. --- Philosophie --- Droit. --- Histoire --- Philosophy. --- Aide à l'accès au droit.