Human rights in East Asia: a cultural perspective/
edited by James C. Hsiung
- New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1985
- viii, 165 pages
This book looks if Human Rights have the same meaning in the cultural-political context of East Asia as in the West. The book first outlines the basic qualifying characteristics of 3 models and sees human rights in its respective context. The remaining chapters examines 5 empirical cases in East Asia that represents the Oriental consensual model and the oriental communist model.