Myres S. McDougal (deceased) was the former Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale University Law SchoolHarold D. Lasswell (deceased) was the former Ford Foundation Professor of Social Sciences at Yale University.Dr. Lung-chu Chen is an internationally recognized scholar specializing in international law, human rights, the United Nations, and Taiwan. He is Professor of Law at New York Law School and founder and president of New Century Institute (New York) and founder and chairman of Taiwan New Century Foundation (Taiwan), a dual-nation think tank. He received his LL.B. with first-place honors from National Taiwan University, LL.M. from Northwestern University, and LL.M. and J.S.D. from Yale University. He authored The U.S.-Taiwan-China Relationship in International Law and Policy (Oxford 2016), and An Introduction to Contemporary International Law: A Policy-Oriented Perspective (Third Edition, Oxford, 2015).

• Preface to the New Edition & Debts of GratitudeDedications from the Original EditionPreface to the Original Edition About the AuthorTributesTributes to McDougalHigginsReismanTribute to LasswellMcDougal Introduction to the New Edition Part I. Delimitation of the Problem 1. Human Rights in Comprehensive Context 2. The Social Setting of Human Rights: The Process of Deprivation and Nonfulfillment of Values 3. Claims Made to Authority for the Protection of Human Rights 4. The Global Constitutive Process of Authoritative Decision Part II. The Clarification of General Community Policies 5. The Basic Policies of a Comprehensive Public Order of Human Dignity Part III. Trends in Decision and Conditioning Factors: Claims Relating to Respect 6. Respect as the Core Value of Human Rights 7. Claims Relating to Fundamental Freedom of Choice 8. Claims Relating to a Basic Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Discrimination 9. Claims Relating to Racial Discrimination 10. The Outlawing of Sex-Based Discrimination 11. Claims Relating to Freedom from Religious Discrimination 12. Claims for Freedom from Discrimination because of 13. Claims for Freedom from Discrimination in Choice of Language 14. The Protection of Aliens from Discrimination: State Responsibility Conjoined with Human Rights 15. The Protection of the Aged from Discrimination Part IV. Future Prospects 16. The Aggregate Interest in Shared Respect and Human Rights: The Harmonization of Public Order and Civic Order Appendix Nationality and Human Rights: The Protection of the Individual in External Arenas Table of Cases Name Index Subject Index

Myres S. McDougal (deceased) was the former Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale University Law SchoolHarold D. Lasswell (deceased) was the former Ford Foundation Professor of Social Sciences at Yale University.Dr. Lung-chu Chen is an internationally recognized scholar specializing in international law, human rights, the United Nations, and Taiwan. He is Professor of Law at New York Law School and founder and president of New Century Institute (New York) and founder and chairman of Taiwan New Century Foundation (Taiwan), a dual-nation think tank. He received his LL.B. with first-place honors from National Taiwan University, LL.M. from Northwestern University, and LL.M. and J.S.D. from Yale University. He authored The U.S.-Taiwan-China Relationship in International Law and Policy (Oxford 2016), and An Introduction to Contemporary International Law: A Policy-Oriented Perspective (Third Edition, Oxford, 2015).

• Preface to the New Edition & Debts of GratitudeDedications from the Original EditionPreface to the Original Edition About the AuthorTributesTributes to McDougalHigginsReismanTribute to LasswellMcDougal Introduction to the New Edition Part I. Delimitation of the Problem 1. Human Rights in Comprehensive Context 2. The Social Setting of Human Rights: The Process of Deprivation and Nonfulfillment of Values 3. Claims Made to Authority for the Protection of Human Rights 4. The Global Constitutive Process of Authoritative Decision Part II. The Clarification of General Community Policies 5. The Basic Policies of a Comprehensive Public Order of Human Dignity Part III. Trends in Decision and Conditioning Factors: Claims Relating to Respect 6. Respect as the Core Value of Human Rights 7. Claims Relating to Fundamental Freedom of Choice 8. Claims Relating to a Basic Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Discrimination 9. Claims Relating to Racial Discrimination 10. The Outlawing of Sex-Based Discrimination 11. Claims Relating to Freedom from Religious Discrimination 12. Claims for Freedom from Discrimination because of 13. Claims for Freedom from Discrimination in Choice of Language 14. The Protection of Aliens from Discrimination: State Responsibility Conjoined with Human Rights 15. The Protection of the Aged from Discrimination Part IV. Future Prospects 16. The Aggregate Interest in Shared Respect and Human Rights: The Harmonization of Public Order and Civic Order Appendix Nationality and Human Rights: The Protection of the Individual in External Arenas Table of Cases Name Index Subject Index