Professor Michael Freeman
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
BA Modern Languages and Law, University of Cambridge; LLB, School of Law, Stanford University; PhD, Department of Government, University of Essex. Teaching at the universities of Edinburgh, Essex, North Carolina, and Gothenburg. Lectures at universities in more than 20 countries, from Japan and China to Brazil and Mexico, from Sweden to South Africa. External examiner at University College London, University of Sussex, and University of Oslo. Visiting Gladstein Professor of Human Rights, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut. Board Member and Chairperson, Human Rights Research Committee, International Political Science Association. Vice-President, Association of Genocide Scholars. Member, Board of Overseers, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut. Torgny Segerstedt Visiting Professor, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Gothenburg University. Member, Amnesty International, 1977-; . Member of Council, Amnesty International British Section 1983-88; Chairperson British Section 1986-88; Alternate Chairperson, International Council Meeting, Amnesty International, 1989.
Qualifications
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BA University of Cambridge,
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LLB Stanford University,
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PhD University of Essex,
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Theory and Practice of Human Rights, especially world poverty and human rights, cultural relativism.
human rights theory
interdisciplinary approaches to human rights, especially history, philosophy, politics
Publications
Journal articles (27)
Freeman, M., (2015). World Poverty: Rights, Obligations, Institutions, Motivations. Human Rights Quarterly. 37 (2), 439-463
Freeman, M., (2015). Editorial. The International Journal of Children’s Rights. 23 (2), 259-259
(2006). Book reviews. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 29 (2), 365-390
Freeman, M., (2005). Final solutions: Mass killing and genocide in the 20th century. ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES. 28 (1), 171-172
Freeman, M., (2001). Encyclopedia of genocide. ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES. 24 (5), 877-878
Freeman, M., (1999). Genocide and gross human rights violations in comparative perspective. ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES. 22 (6), 1072-1073
FREEMAN, M., (1999). The right to self‐determination in international politics: six theories in search of a policy. Review of International Studies. 25 (3), 355-370
Freeman, M., (1999). Contract of mutual indifference: Political philosophy after the holocaust. POLITICAL STUDIES. 47 (2), 388-389
Freeman, M., (1997). Genocide and the politics of memory, studying death to preserve life - Hirsch,H. ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES. 20 (1), 218-220
Freeman, M., (1996). Democracy and Dynamite: The Peoples' Right to Self-Determination. Political Studies. 44 (4), 746-761
FREEMAN, M., (1996). DEATH BY GOVERNMENT - RUMMEL,RJ. SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN REVIEW. 74 (3), 591-592
Freeman, M., (1996). Genocide: Conceptual and Historical Dimensions (review). Human Rights Quarterly. 18 (1), 240-242
FREEMAN, M., (1995). The Holocaust and Philosophy. Journal of Applied Philosophy. 12 (2), 125-128
FREEMAN, M., (1994). Nation-State and Cosmopolis: A Response to David Miller. Journal of Applied Philosophy. 11 (1), 79-87
FREEMAN, M., (1991). THE THEORY AND PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE. Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 6 (2), 185-199
FREEMAN, M., (1991). Speaking about the Unspeakable: genocide and philosophy. Journal of Applied Philosophy. 8 (1), 3-18
Freeman, M., (1986). Genocide and social science. Patterns of Prejudice. 20 (4), 3-15
FREEMAN, M., (1986). BURKE REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE - LOCK,FP. POLITICAL STUDIES. 34 (4), 686-687
FREEMAN, M., (1985). SELECTED LETTERS OF BURKE,EDMUND - MANSFIELD,HC. POLITICAL STUDIES. 33 (4), 691-691
FREEMAN, M., (1985). SOCIAL-SCIENCE AND REVOLUTIONS - TAYLOR,S. POLITICAL STUDIES. 33 (1), 148-148
Freeman, M., (1978). I. Edmund Burke and the Theory of Revolution. Political Theory. 6 (3), 277-297
Freeman, M., (1977). Edmund Burke and the Sociology of Revolution. Political Studies. 25 (4), 459-473
FREEMAN, M., (1976). BURKE,E ON GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND SOCIETY - HILL,BW. POLITICAL STUDIES. 24 (2), 211-212
Freeman, M., (1975). Sociology and Utopia: Some Reflections on the Social Philosophy of Karl Popper. The British Journal of Sociology. 26 (1), 20-20
FREEMAN, M., (1974). REFERENCE GROUPS AND REVOLUTIONS. European Journal of Political Research. 2 (3), 271-282
Freeman, M., Berry, CJ., Ridley, FF., Berrington, H., Berrington, H., Jones, GW., Vincent, J., Banks, JA., Jenkins, WI., Walkland, SA., Rhodes, RAW., Beith, AJ., Mitchell, JDB., Bradley, AW., Garvin, T., Roberts, GK., Dodd, CH., Cohen, AP., Jessop, B., Brock, WR., Ostergaard, G., Lucas, N., Tordoff, W., Dunsire, A., Rowe, PJ., Zentner, JL., Sims, NA., Wallace, WJL. and Shaw, TM., (1973). Social Science and Democratic Theory. Political Studies. 21 (1), 70-118
Freeman, M., (1972). Review Article: Theories of Revolution. British Journal of Political Science. 2 (3), 340-360
Books (4)
Freeman, MD., (2017). Series Preface. 9781315238227
Freeman, MD., (2017). Series Preface. 9781315247359
(2017). Domestic Violence. Routledge. 9780754626442
Freeman, M., (2011). Human Rights: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2nd Edition). Polity. 9780745639659
Book chapters (8)
(2017). The Criminology of War. In: The Criminology of War. Routledge. 213- 130. 9780754623946
Freeman, MD., (2017). WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?. In: Parents and Children. 141- 162. 9781315247359
Freeman, MD., (2017). Rethinking Gillick. In: Parents and Children. 271- 287. 9781315247359
Freeman, M., (2016). The Right to Responsible Parents. In: Responsibility, Law and the Family. 21- 39. 9780754671091
Freeman, M., (2016). The Value and Values of Children’s Rights. In: The Human Rights of Children: From Visions to Implementation. 21- 36. 9781409405313
Freeman, M., (2013). Conclusion: Reflections on the Theory and Practice of Economic and Social Rights. In: The State of Economic and Social Human Rights. Cambridge University Press. 365- 388. 9781107028029
(2009). Interpreting Human Rights. In: Interpreting Human Rights: Social Science Perspectives. Routledge. 44- 67. 0203880536. 9780203880531
Freeman, M., (2005). Order, rights and threats: Terrorism and global justice. In: Human Rights in the War on Terror. 37- 56. 0521853192. 9780521853194
Conferences (1)
Freeman, M., (1999). Fifty years of development of the concept and contents of human rights