René Cassin and human rights : from the Great War to the Universal Declaration

Publication Data

• Title René Cassin and human rights : from the Great War to the Universal Declaration
• Alternative Title René Cassin et les droits de l'homme. English
• Author Antoine Prost
• Contributor J. M. Winter
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2013
• Publication location Cambridge, UK
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

Originally published in French by Fayard, 2011.

Contents

Family and education, 1887-1914
The Great War and its aftermath
Cassin in Geneva
From nightmare to reality, 1936-1940
Free France, 1940-1941
World War, 1941-1943
Restoring the republican legal order : the "comitâe juridique"
Freeze frame : Renâe Cassin in 1944
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights : origins and echoes
The vice-president of the Conseil d'Etat, 1944-1960
A Jewish life.

Topics

• Cassin, René, 1887-1976
• Lawyers :: France :: Biography
• Human rights

René Cassin and human rights : from the Great War to the Universal Declaration by Antoine Prost. ISBN 9781107655706. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.