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40 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 149 (2008-2009)
Human Rights in the United States: Reclaiming the History and Ensuring the Future

handle is hein.journals/colhr40 and id is 151 raw text is: BOOK REVIEW HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES: RECLAIMING THE HISTORY AND ENSURING THE FUTURE Bringing Human Rights Home. Edited by Cynthia Soohoo, Catherine Albisa, & Martha Davis. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2007. Pp. 920 (three volumes). $275.00. Reviewed by Risa E. Kaufman* I. INTRODUCTION Providing a powerful arsenal of crosscutting strategies and honoring the interdependence and indivisibility of economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights, a human rights paradigm has the potential to revolutionize and reframe social justice advocacy in the United States. Indeed, domestic lawyers are increasingly adopting human rights strategies. These include appeals to international human rights bodies, use of international human rights and comparative law in U.S. courts, and broader activism such as documentation, organizing, and education. Such strategies have Executive Director, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School. I would like to thank Sarah Cleveland, Peter Rosenblum, Eric Tars, Jonathan Todres, Caroline Bettinger-L6pez, Martha Davis, and Daniel Belasco for the helpful comments and conversations that informed this essay, and Aaron Chait and the staff of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. Conversations with the books' co-editors and members of the Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyers' Network also helped to deepen my understanding of the context for this book and its implications.

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