2014.05.24 : View this Review Online View Recent NDPR Reviews Allen Buchanan, The Heart of Human Rights, Oxford University Press, 2013, 320pp, $45.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780199325382. Reviewed by George Letsas, University College London Allen Buchanan's book is a recent addition to the fast-growing field of the philosophy of human rights. The popularity of the field is hardly surprising. Since the...
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