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"This is the definitive history of a nongovernmental organization based in Geneva and well known to specialists on human rights."--<i>Choice</i> <p>Since its founding in 1952, the International Commission of Jurists has inspired the international human rights movement with persistent demands that governments obey the rule of law.</p> <p>"For historical detail, systematic analysis, and practical prescriptions for effective NGO action, Howard Tolley, Jr. has set a high standard in a much needed field of scholarly work. The research invested in this volume yields a workmanlike study which shows considerable insight into the origins and activities of an influential and elite agglomeration of lawyers, judges, and law professors in the post-World War II period."--<i>Human Rights Quarterly</i></p> <p>"An excellent book."--<i>Cambridge Law Journal</i></p> <p>"An in-depth study of one of the most significant nongovernmental organizations concerning itself with human rights. . . . The great strength of this book is its comprehensive description of the work of the ICJ from its inception."--<i>Journal of Law and Society</i></p>

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Author

Howard B. Tolley Jr.

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812232547

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Law, Government & Politics