Book Notes

2004 Book Notes

 

  1. Margaret D. Stock on Mexican Americans & the Law by Reynaldo Anaya Valencia, Sonia R. García, Henry Flores, and José Roberto Juárez, Jr. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 2004. 198pp.
  2. Tyler Johnson on Witness to the Truth: John H. Scott's Struggle for Human Rights in Louisiana by John Henry Scott with Cleo Scott Brown. Columbia: University South Carolina Press, 2003. 336pp.
  3. Tyler Johnson on Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and its Legacy by Paul Hendrickson. New York: Knopf, 2003. 368pp.
  4. John D. Becker on Islam, Liberalism, and Human Rights: Impications for International Relations by Katerina Dalacoura (revised edition). London: I.B. Tauris, 2003. 248pp.
  5. Kathleen J. Hancock on Human Rights: International Protection, Monitoring, Enforcement by Janusz Symonides. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2004. 416pp.
  6. Peter Zwiebach on Human Rights: Concept and Context by Brian Orend. Petersburg, Ont: Broadview Press, 2002. 272pp.
  7. Matthew S. Weinert on Genocide in Cambodia: Documents from the Trial of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary edited by Howard Denike, John Quigley, and Kenneth Robinson. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. 559pp.
  8. Matthew S. Weinert on Slavery and Emancipation edited by Rick Halpern and Enrico del Lago. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2002. 416pp.
  9. Lisa Schechtman on Social Work and Human Rights: A Foundation for Policy and Practice by Elisabeth Reichert. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 295pp.
  10. Lisa Schechtman on Reproductive Health and Human Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics, and Law by Rebecca J. Cook, Bernard M. Dickens, and Mahmoud F. Fathalla. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 554 pp.

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