LEADER 04382nam 22006855 450 001 9910616398703321 005 20251009105833.0 010 $a9783031051982$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031051975 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-05198-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7108409 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7108409 035 $a(CKB)25048800900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-05198-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925048800900041 100 $a20221007d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHuman Rights Struggles in Twentieth-century France $eThe League of the Rights of Man and Causes Célèbres /$fby Max Likin 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (291 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements,$x2634-6567 311 08$aPrint version: Likin, Max Human Rights Struggles in Twentieth-Century France Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031051975 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Droits de l?Homme -- 3. The Great War -- 4. France's Interwar Refugee Crisis -- 5. Saving Lives in the Second World War -- 6. International Cooperation -- 7. Adieu to Empire -- 8. The Breakthrough -- 9. The Backlash -- 10. Suffering at a Distance -- 11. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book provides an introduction to human rights controversies in twentieth-century France, from the Dreyfus Affair at the beginning of the century, to the arguments over women and immigrants? rights at its end. Using the Ligue des Droits de L?Homme (LDH) - or the League of the Rights of Man - as a narrative thread for this chronological study, the book tracks the gradual expansion of human rights in France in the wake of the two world wars, the Algerian quagmire and decolonisation more generally. Examining the capital role of the LDH whilst also highlighting the role of individuals and key activists, the book helps us to contextualise the quandaries faced by unseen minorities, particularly colonial subjects and women. The analysis also demonstrates the influence of French human rights activism on key international documents of human rights law, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The LDH occupies a central place in French justice debates and is therefore an ideal template to analyse the rising influence of humanitarianism and crimes against humanity in French causes célèbres from the 1970s onwards. However, the author goes further to look beyond the LDH and even France itself, offering wide-ranging surveys of dominant rights issues across Europe at any given period. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with key members of the LDH, this book provides an accessible overview of human rights struggles in twentieth-century France. Max Likin is a Lecturer in History at the Freedom Education Project Puget Sound (FEPPS) at the University of Puget Sound, USA, which provides a rigorous college program for incarcerated women in Washington State. Having previously taught at Harvard University, Max specialises in French justice debates on indivisible rights. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements,$x2634-6567 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x1492- 606 $aFrance$xHistory 606 $aSocial history 606 $aLaw$xHistory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aHistory of Modern Europe 606 $aHistory of France 606 $aSocial History 606 $aLegal History 606 $aPolitical History 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x1492-. 615 0$aFrance$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aLaw$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 14$aHistory of Modern Europe. 615 24$aHistory of France. 615 24$aSocial History. 615 24$aLegal History. 615 24$aPolitical History. 676 $a323.0944 676 $a323.09440904 700 $aLikin$b Max A.$f1960-$01336769 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910616398703321 996 $aHuman rights struggles in twentieth-century France$93054385 997 $aUNINA