| Making sense of human rights JW Nickel Wiley-Blackwells, 2007 | 1500* | 2007 |
| On Human Rights JW Nickel The Philosophical Review 121 (3), 461-464, 2012 | 499 | 2012 |
| Does the Constitution Mean What It Always Meant? SR Munzer, JW Nickel Columbia Law Review 77 (7), 1029-1062, 1977 | 279 | 1977 |
| The human right to a safe environment: philosophical perspectives on its scope and justification JW Nickel Yale J. Int'l L. 18, 281, 1993 | 240 | 1993 |
| Rethinking indivisibility: Towards a theory of supporting relations between human rights JW Nickel Hum. Rts. Q. 30, 984, 2008 | 225 | 2008 |
| How human rights generate duties to protect and provide JW Nickel Hum. Rts. Q. 15, 77, 1993 | 162 | 1993 |
| Recent work on the concept of rights R Martin, JW Nickel Theories of Rights, 1-16, 2017 | 124 | 2017 |
| Poverty and rights JW Nickel The Philosophical Quarterly 55 (220), 385-402, 2005 | 115 | 2005 |
| Preferential policies in hiring and admissions: A jurisprudential approach JW Nickel Colum. L. Rev. 75, 534, 1975 | 107 | 1975 |
| Who needs freedom of religion JW Nickel U. Colo. L. Rev. 76, 941, 2005 | 104 | 2005 |
| Hak asazi manusia: refleksi filosofis atas deklarasi universal hak asasi manusia JW Nickel, TE Arini Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 1996 | 92 | 1996 |
| Are human rights mainly implemented by intervention JW Nickel The idea of a political liberalism: Essays on Rawls, 1999 | 91* | 1999 |
| Is today's international human rights system a global governance regime? JW Nickel The journal of ethics 6, 353-371, 2002 | 76 | 2002 |
| Group agency and group rights JW Nickel Ethnicity and Group Rights 39, 235-256, 1997 | 65 | 1997 |
| Is There a Human Right to Employment? JW Nickel Philosophical Forum Boston, Mass 10 (2-4), 149-170, 1978 | 63 | 1978 |
| The value of cultural belonging: Expanding Kymlicka's theory JW Nickel Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review/Revue canadienne de philosophie 33 …, 1994 | 61 | 1994 |
| Rethinking Rawls's theory of liberty and rights JW Nickel Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 69, 763, 1993 | 56 | 1993 |
| Are human rights utopian? JW Nickel Philosophy & Public Affairs, 246-264, 1982 | 53 | 1982 |
| Economic liberties J Nickel The Idea of a Political Liberalism: Essays on Rawls, ed. Victoria Davion …, 2000 | 50 | 2000 |
| Discrimination and morally relevant characteristics JW Nickel Analysis 32 (4), 113-114, 1972 | 47 | 1972 |
