INTLSTD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Treaty Establishing A Constitution For Europe, Asian Values, International Criminal Court

• School: U of M
• Department: International Studies
• Course: INTLSTD 101
• Professor: Greta Uehling

Document Summary

References to human rights have increased and risen above referencing to civil rights since the late. Origins of the idea of human rights in the west. Magna carta (1215) - everyone including the king is subject to law. The great charter - king john was the worst king ever, so the us declaration of independence includes that no man is subject to judgement by the fellow people . Hugo grotius (1583 - 1645) - rights without religious connections or natural rights are different. Decreasing religious conservatism/feudal authoritarianism from legal rights because they are not based on laws or culture. Basic rights given to a person by a given legal system. Grotius worked to decrease religious conservatism/feudal authoritarianism. Thomas jefferson built on grotius and other philosophers and transferred ideas out of the realm. We hold these truths to be self-evident of philosophy into politics (a set of guaranteed rights of law)