Although the Inalienable Rights Series has thus far focused primarily on debate, deliberation, and discourse about American constitutional law, this volume reaches beyond the boundaries of the United States to explore the meaning of inalienable rights on the international stage. In this study of the origins, evolution, and enforcement of international human rights law, Eric Posner illuminates the relationship between the American conception of “inalienable rights” and the international conception of “human rights.” To what extent are they similar? To what extent are they different? To the extent that they differ, why is this so? Should the United States look to expand its conception of inalienable rights to bring it more in line with the international understanding of human rights, or does the United States have a “better” notion of what rights should be thought to be truly fundamental?