Human rights and U.S. foreign policy

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Recent human rights provisions in U.S. law governing foreign policy. Part I. Background : the new initiative: 1. A new Administration's new policy : the rise to power of human Rights, by Mark L. Schneider. 2. Human rights and foreign aid : forging an unbreakable link, by Part II. Principles : the nature and justification of human 3. Human rights and foreign assistance programs, by Hugo Adams Bedau. 4. Human rights and social justice, by Charles R. Beitz. 5. Rights in the light of duties, by Henry Shue. 6. Human rights as a neutral concern, by Thomas M. Scanlon. 7. Constraints, goals, and moralism in foreign policy, by Douglas MacLean. Part III. Principles : international issues: 8. Domestic jurisdiction, intervention, and human rights : the International law perspective, by Thomas Buergenthal. 9. The ethics of intervention : two normative traditions, by J. Bryan 10. Human rights and intevention, by Mark R. Wicclair. Part IV. Applications : information and interpretation: 11." ... in the national interest", by Peter G. Brown. 12. Monitoring human rights violations : how good is the information? by 13. Human rights violations and U.S. foreign assistance : the Latin American connection, by William L. Wipfler. Part V. Applications : problems of implementing a human rights 14. Can a human rights policy be consistent? by Abraham M. Sirkin. 15. Security assistance in perspective, by Howard M. Fish. 16. Human rights in the Philippines and U.S. responsibility, by 17. Arms sales and human rights : the case of South Korea, by 18. Arms sales and human rights : the case of Iran, by Richard W. Cottam.