The Age of Rights

by Norberto Bobbio

Overview

This book presents a valuable clarification and defence of human rights by Italy's leading political theorist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745615950
Publisher:	Polity Press
Publication date:	01/15/1991
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Norberto Bobbio is Emeritus Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy at the University of Turin.

Table of Contents

Preface to the English Edition

Part I

1. On the Fundamental Principles of Human Rights

2. Human Rights Now and in the Future

3. The Age of Rights

4. Human Rights and Society

5. Human Rights Today

Part II

6. The French Revolution and Human Rights

7. The Legacy of the Great Revolution

8. Kant and the French Revolution

Part III

9. Against the Death Penalty

10. The Current Debate on the Death Penalty

Index