Are rights real or a figment of our imagination? What about the Law? Are they what Bentham refers to as "nonsense built on stilts," or a valid avenue for providing individuals or groups with protection? Base your response on these readings that discuss human rights from a global/universal perspective:

• Scheingold, Stuart. 1974. The Politics of Rights: Lawyers, Public policy, and Political Change. 13-38
• Rosenberg, Gerald. 1991. The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? 9-36, 72-106.
• Epp, Charles. The Rights Revolution. 11-43.
• Harris, Cheryl. 1995. Whiteness as Property. In Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that formed the Movement.
• Ayoub, Phillip M. "A struggle for recognition and rights: expanding LGBT activism."
• Lake, Mili. 2014. Organizing Hypocrisy: Providing Legal Accountability for Human Rights Violations inAreas of Limited Statehood