The American language of rights /

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This examination of three crucial periods in American history (the late eighteenth century, the civil war and the 1950s and 1960s) demonstrates how the conceptions of rights prevailing at each of these times grew from opposition to specific political adversities. This study will be a major contribut...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Primus, Richard A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Ideas in context ; 54.
Subjects:
Civil rights > United States > Philosophy.
Human rights > Language.
Critical legal studies > United States.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Philosophie.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Langage.
Critique du droit (Mouvement) > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Civil rights > Philosophy
Critical legal studies
Droits civils et politiques > Etats-Unis > Philosophie.
Droits de l'homme > Langage.
Critique du droit > Etats-Unis .
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Rights theory and rights practice; Chapter 2 History and the development of rights; Chapter 3 Rights of the Founding; Chapter 4 Rights and Reconstruction: syntheses and shell games; Chapter 5 Rights after World War II; Conclusion: rights and reasons; Bibliography; Index; Ideas in Context.

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