In this book, Joel Spring offers a powerful and closely reasoned justification and definition for the universal right to education–applicable to all cultures–as provided for in Article 26 of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
One sixth of the world’s population, nearly 855 million people, are functionally illiterate, and 130 million children in developing countries are without access to basic education. Spring argues that in our cr… More >>
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#1 by D. B. Lazof on July 2, 2010 - 5:26 pm
One of very few resources available on this important topic. Unfortunately the book begins with mistaken premises and moves on predictably to weak conclusions. The book begins with the premise that there was no valid international agreement on the UN Declaration of Human Rights, because the US Senate never ratified it. However, as a declaration rather than a treaty or convention it never required ratification, nor was the Senate ever asked to ratify it. It received the presidential signature which was all that was required. Book concludes with admonishment that students of human rights should not trust in international law at all, as adopted by and agreed to by the United Nations. Author offers a weak argument for supporting the right to education as a special case, however, in lieu of the solid basis in international law.
Rating: 2 / 5