The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Title | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights PDF eBook |
Author | William A. Schabas |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 4171 |
Release | 2013-04-18 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1139619624 |
A collection of United Nations documents associated with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these volumes facilitate research into the scope of, meaning of and intent behind the instrument's provisions. It permits an examination of the various drafts of what became the thirty articles of the Declaration, including one of the earliest documents – a compilation of human rights provisions from national constitutions, organised thematically. The documents are organised chronologically and thorough thematic indexing facilitates research into the origins of specific rights and norms. It is also annotated in order to provide information relating to names, places, events and concepts that might have been familiar in the late 1940s but are today more obscure.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Select Committee on Small Business
Title | Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Select Committee on Small Business PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1776 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Legislative hearings |
ISBN |
The Annenbergs
Title | The Annenbergs PDF eBook |
Author | John E. Cooney |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
"This is the colorful and dramatic biography of two of America's most controversial entrepreneurs: Moses Louis Annenberg, 'the racing wire king, ' who built his fortune in racketeering, invested it in publishing, and lost much of it in the biggest tax evasion case in United States history; and his son, Walter, launcher of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines and former ambassador to Great Britain."--Jacket.
Elements of Genocide
Title | Elements of Genocide PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Behrens |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2013-05-07 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1136168559 |
Elements of Genocide provides an authoritative evaluation of the current perception of the crime, as it appears in the decisions of judicial authorities, the writings of the foremost academic experts in the field, and in the texts of Commission Reports. Genocide constitutes one of the most significant problems in contemporary international law. Within the last fifteen years, the world has witnessed genocidal conduct in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the debate on the commission of genocide in Darfur and the DR Congo is ongoing. Within the same period, the prosecution of suspected génocidaires has taken place in international tribunals, internationalised tribunals and domestic courts; and the names of Slobodan Milosevic, Radovan Karadzic and Saddam Hussein feature among those against whom charges of genocide were brought. Pursuing an interdisciplinary examination of the existing case law on genocide in international and domestic courts, Elements of Genocide comprehensive and accessible reflection on the crime of genocide, and its inherent complexities.
The Lottery
Title | The Lottery PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Jackson |
Publisher | The Creative Company |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781583415849 |
A seemingly ordinary village participates in a yearly lottery to determine a sacrificial victim.
3 Doors Down - Seventeen Days
Title | 3 Doors Down - Seventeen Days PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005-08 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780634076756 |
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 12 songs from the third album by this Mississippi rock band: Behind Those Eyes * Here by Me * It's Not Me * Landing in London * Let Me Go * My World * The Real Life * Right Where I Belong * and more.