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Course
Description | Course Calendar Course Calendar Sept
10 | Sept 17 | Sept 24 September 10: Introduction to the Course Historiography and Theory of Human Rights September 17: Early History of Human Rights Imre Szabo, "Historical Foundations of Human Rights and Subsequent Developments", in Karel Vasak, ed., The International Dimension of Human Rights, Vol. I, Paris, Westport, Greenwood Press, 1982, pp. 11-40. Lynn Hunt, edited, translated and with an introduction by, The French Revolution and Human Rights. A Brief Documentary History, Boston, Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, 1996. "Introduction: The Revolutionary Origins of Human Rights", pp. 1-32. Joyce Appleby, Capitalism and a New Social Order: the Republican Vision of the 1790s, New York, London, New York University Press, 1984, chapter 1, "An English Frame of Reference", pp. 1-23. September 24: The Citizenship of Slaves, of the Poor and the Propertied and of Women Mary P. Ryan, Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in the American City during the Nineteenth Century, Berkeley, London, University of California Press, 1997, chapter 4, "Civil Wars in the Cities", pp. 135-180 and 327-331. Mary Poovey, Uneven Developments: the Ideological Work of Gender in Mid-Victorian England, London, Virago, 1989, "Covered but not Bound: Carolyn Morton and the 1857 Matrimonial Cause Act", pp. 51-88 and notes. Suzanne Miers, "Slavery and the Slave Trade as International Issues 1890-1939" , in Suzanne Miers and Martin A. Klein ed., Slavery and Colonial Rule in Africa, London, Frank Cass, 1999, p. 17-37. October 1: War and the Rights of the Common Soldiers, Civilians and Refugees John F. Hutchinson, Champions of Charity. War and the Rise of the Red Cross, Boulder, Westview Press, 1996, chapter 6, "Victory and Virtue", pp. 279-319 and 396-402. Gil Loescher, Beyond Charity. International Cooperation and the Global Refugee Crisis, NY, Oxford University Press, 1993, chapter 2: "The Origins of the International Refugee Regime", pp. 32-54 and 211-215. Dominique Marshall, "Humanitarian Sympathy for Children in Times of War and the History of Children’s Rights, 1919-1959 ", in James Marten ed., Children and War. An Anthology, New York University Press, Forthcoming in 2001. October 8: No classes. Thanksgiving October 15: Human Rights and the League of Nations Richard Veatch, Canada and the League of Nations, Toronto, Buffalo, University of Toronto Press, 1975, chapter 7: "The Appeal of the ‘Six Nations’", pp. 91-99 and notes, pp. 201-202. Carol Miller, " 'Geneva - the Key to Equality' : Inter-War Feminists and the League of Nations", Women's History Review, 3, 2(1994), pp. 219-245. Wm. Roger Louis, "African Origins of the Mandates Idea," International Organization, XIX, 1(Winter 1965), p. 20-36. Marika Sherwood, " 'Diplomatic Platitudes': The Atlantic Charter, the League of Nations and Colonial Independence", Immigrants and Minorities, 15, 2(July 1996), pp. 135-150. October 22: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights John P. Humphrey, Human Rights and the United Nations: A Great Adventure, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Transnational Publishers, 1984, chapter entitled `The Magna Carta of the World (1948), pp. 63-77. Johannes Morsink, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Origins, Drafting, and Intent, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999, chapter 1" The Drafting Process Explained", pp. 1-35 and notes, pp. 340-344. Antonio Cassesse, `The General Assembly: Historical Perspective 1945-1989`, in Philip Alston, ed., The United Nations and Human Rights. A Critical Appraisal (Oxford, 1992), pp. 25-54. Hugh Cunningham, "The Rights of the Child from the Mid-Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century", Aspects of Education, 50 (1994), p. 2-16. Geraldine Van Bueren, "History". Chapter 1 of her The International Law on the Rights of the Child, Dordrecht/Boston/London, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1995, pp. 1-31. Michael D. Freeman in Veerman, "The Limits of Children’s Rights, in M. Freeman and P. Veerman, eds., The Ideologies of Children’s Rights, Dordrecht/Boston/London, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1992, pp. 29-46. November 5: Culture, Religion, Minorities and Human Rights, or Cross-Cultural Perspectives Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, "Towards a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights. The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading treatment or Punishment", in Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im ed., Human Rights in Cross-cultural Perspectives. A Quest for Consensus, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992, pp. 19-43 Charles Taylor, ‘Conditions of an Unforced Consensus on Human Rights’, in Joanne R. Bauer and Daniel A. Bell (ed.), The East Asian Challenge for Human Rights, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 124-144. November 12: Indigenous People Alice C. Conklin, "Colonialism and Human Rights, a Contradiction in Terms? The Case of France and West Africa, 1895-1914", American Historical Review, 103, 2(April 1998), pp. 419-442. Allan McChesney, "Aboriginal Communities, Aboriginal rights, and the Human Rights System in Canada", in Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im ed., Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives. A Quest for Consensus, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992, pp. 221-252. Constance Backhouse, Color-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950, chapter 2, "Race Definition Run Amok: "Slaying the Dragon Eskimo Status" in Re Eskimo, 1939," pp. 18-55 and 287-303. November 19: Human Rights and the Development of the Humanitarian Movement John Hutchinson, "Disasters and the International Order: Earthquakes, Humanitarians, and the Ciraaolo Project", The International History Review, XXII, 1 (March 2000), pp. 1-36. William Korey, NGOs and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights "A Curious Grapevine", New York, Saint Martin’s Press, 1998, chapter 1, "Genesis, NGOs and the UN Charter", pp. 29-50. V.A. Sen, Poverty and Famines. An Essay on Entitlements and Deprivation, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1981, chapter 1, "Poverty and Entitlement", pp. 1-8. November 26: Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights Hilary Charlesworth, "What are "Women’s International Human Rights?", in Rebecca Cook, ed. Human Rights of Women. National and International Perspectives, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994, pp. 58-84. Shirley Tillotson, "Human Rights Law as a Prism: Women’s Organizations, Unions, and Ontario’s Female Employee Remuneration act, 1951", Canadian Historical Review, 72, 4 (1991), pp. 532-557. December 3: The Rights of Minorities and the Right to Self-Determination Ines Molinaro, "The Charter and Québec: Exploring the Limits of Constitutional Authority", in Gavin W. Anderson, ed. Rights and Democracy: Essays in UK-Canadian Constitutionalism, London, Blackstone, 1999, pp. 139-166. Patrick Thornberry, International Law and theRrights of Minorities, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1991, pp. 25-54. Camelia Patrias and Ruth A. Frager, " ‘This Is Our Country, These Are Our Rights’: Minorities and the Origins of the Ontario Human Rights Campaigns", Canadian Historical Review, 82, 1 (March 2001), pp. 1-35. December 10: Revision Week |
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