Human Rights in Asian Cultures, Continuity, and Change


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Presents An Overview Of The Character Of Various Countries And Analyses Their Relationship To Human Rights, Their Legal Basis And The Current Efforts To Educate The People In This Regards.




Human Rights and Asian Values


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Taking a stand for universal rights, both theoretically and empirically, this text analyzes social and political processes in a number of East and Southeast Asian countries.




Human Rights in Asia


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This book offers a critical reassessment of the 'Asian values' debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a reappraisal of the human rights situation in Asia since then. The chapters in this book contextualize the debate and examine in what ways the issues raised then continue to trouble Asian societies.














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Human Rights in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan


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Ian Neary looks in detail at the history of the introduction of human rights ideas into Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and examines how, and to what effect, state and society have incorporated the specific international standards on childrens' and patients' rights into legal systems and social practice. This comprehensively researched, accessibly written book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Asian studies, human rights, sociology and politics.




International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law


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Examining the mistreatment of persons with mental disabilities around the world, Michael Perlin identifies universal factors that contaminate mental disability law, including lack of comprehensive legislation and of independent counsel; inadequate care; poor or nonexistent community programming; and inhumane forensic systems.




Encyclopedia of Human Rights


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This four-volume encyclopedia set offers coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history.