2012 Human Rights Report Appendix GUN Universal Declaration of Human A Declaration of the Fundamental Principles, Taught and Practiced by Artist John Trumbull: Documenting the Founding of a Nation US Declaration at 250: New Challenges, Enduring Principles Universal Declaration of Human Rights Eleanor Roosevelt of Flickr. Carl L. Becker's important study is an analysis of the concepts expressed in the Declaration. Here is a lucid explanation of what the Declaration really is, what views it sets forth, where those views arose, and how they have been accepted or modified by succeeding generations. Published 1960. Binding of book is intact. Moderate darkening and foxing of covers. Small waterstain on back cover. Slight tanning and foxing of edges. Annotations in pencil on inside of front cover. Slight foxing on insides of covers. Very little foxing with some creasing on certain pages.