Machine generated contents note: Introduction Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann;
Part I. The Emergence of Human Rights Regimes:
1. The end of civilization and the rise of human rights: the mid-20th century disjuncture Mark Mazower;
2. The 'human rights revolution' at work: displaced persons in post-war Europe G. Daniel Cohen;
3. Legal diplomacy: law, politics, and the genesis of postwar European human rights Mikael Rask Madsen;
Part II. Postwar Universalism and Legal Theory:
4. Personalism, community, and the origins of human rights Samuel Moyn;
5. Rene; Cassin: les droit de l'homme and the universality of human rights, 1945-1966 Glenda Sluga;
6. Rudolf Laun and the human rights of Germans in occupied and early West Germany Lora Wildenthal;
Part III. Human Rights, State Socialism, and Dissent:
7. Embracing and contesting: the Soviet Union and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948-1958 Jennifer Amos;
8. Soviet rights-talk in the post-Stalin era Benjamin Nathans;
9. Charter 77 and the Roma: human rights and dissent in socialist Czechoslovakia Celia Donert;
Part IV. Genocide, Humanitarianism, and the Limits of Law:
10. Toward world law? Human rights and the failure of the legalist paradigm of war Devin O. Pendas;
11. 'Source of embarrassment': human rights, state of emergency, and the wars of decolonization Fabian Klose;
12. The United Nations, humanitarianism and human rights: war crimes/genocide trials for Pakistani soldiers in Bangladesh, 1971-1974 A. Dirk Moses;
Part V. Human Rights, Sovereignty, and the Global Condition:
13. African nationalists and human rights, 1940s to 1970s Andreas Eckert;
14. The International Labour Organization and the globalization of rights, 1944-1970 Daniel Roger Maul;
15. 'Under a magnifying glass': the international human rights campaign against Chile in the 1970s Jan Eckel.
Part I. The Emergence of Human Rights Regimes:
1. The end of civilization and the rise of human rights: the mid-20th century disjuncture Mark Mazower;
2. The 'human rights revolution' at work: displaced persons in post-war Europe G. Daniel Cohen;
3. Legal diplomacy: law, politics, and the genesis of postwar European human rights Mikael Rask Madsen;
Part II. Postwar Universalism and Legal Theory:
4. Personalism, community, and the origins of human rights Samuel Moyn;
5. Rene; Cassin: les droit de l'homme and the universality of human rights, 1945-1966 Glenda Sluga;
6. Rudolf Laun and the human rights of Germans in occupied and early West Germany Lora Wildenthal;
Part III. Human Rights, State Socialism, and Dissent:
7. Embracing and contesting: the Soviet Union and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948-1958 Jennifer Amos;
8. Soviet rights-talk in the post-Stalin era Benjamin Nathans;
9. Charter 77 and the Roma: human rights and dissent in socialist Czechoslovakia Celia Donert;
Part IV. Genocide, Humanitarianism, and the Limits of Law:
10. Toward world law? Human rights and the failure of the legalist paradigm of war Devin O. Pendas;
11. 'Source of embarrassment': human rights, state of emergency, and the wars of decolonization Fabian Klose;
12. The United Nations, humanitarianism and human rights: war crimes/genocide trials for Pakistani soldiers in Bangladesh, 1971-1974 A. Dirk Moses;
Part V. Human Rights, Sovereignty, and the Global Condition:
13. African nationalists and human rights, 1940s to 1970s Andreas Eckert;
14. The International Labour Organization and the globalization of rights, 1944-1970 Daniel Roger Maul;
15. 'Under a magnifying glass': the international human rights campaign against Chile in the 1970s Jan Eckel.