POLI 388 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eleanor Roosevelt, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Habeas Corpus
14 Sep 2017
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Sept 11: human rights and their application theory mardi 5 septembre 2017. Human rights are inherent (attached to) in people simply because they are human. The concept is rooted in the notion that humans have dignity and worth and is. Law of hammurabi ruler of babylon (present iraq) The 1rst charter of rights : "eye for an eye" = punishment that fits the crime. The cyrus cylinder declared that citizens of the persian empire would be allowed to practice their religious beliefs freely (without the state interfering) This idea of human rights is also rooted from judeo-christian-muslim monotheistic doctrine. Monotheistic = belief that there is only one god. Natural law = it assumed that people have inmate rights. Britain => magna carta (base of the common law. Absolute monarchy = when the monarchy has the complete control of the governance (constitutional monarchy) Gandhi challenged imperial domination and denial of human rights and self determination.
