The nature of rights at the American founding and beyond

Situating rights : an introduction to the nature of American rights / Richard Primus -- The emergence of the modern concept of a right in America : the contribution of Michel Villey / James H. Hutson -- The authority of rights at the American founding / John Phillip Reid -- Rights natural and civil...

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Weitere Verfasser: Shain, Barry Alan (HerausgeberIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Charlottesville u.a. University of Virginia Press 2007
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Constitutionalism and democracy
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Zusammenfassung:Situating rights : an introduction to the nature of American rights / Richard Primus -- The emergence of the modern concept of a right in America : the contribution of Michel Villey / James H. Hutson -- The authority of rights at the American founding / John Phillip Reid -- Rights natural and civil in the declaration of independence / Barry Alan Shain -- The creation, reconstruction, and interpretation of the Bill of Rights / Akhil Reed Amar -- The dilemma of declaring rights / Jack N. Rakove -- The limited horizons of Whig religious rights / A. Gregg Roeber -- The history of rights in early America / Gordon S. Wood -- Rights consciousness in American history / Daniel T. Rodgers -- The diversity of rights in contemporary ethical and political thought / Leif Wenar and Stephen Macedo -- The politics of rights talk, then and now / Rogers M. Smith
Beschreibung:Situating rights : an introduction to the nature of American rights / Richard Primus -- The emergence of the modern concept of a right in America : the contribution of Michel Villey / James H. Hutson -- The authority of rights at the American founding / John Phillip Reid -- Rights natural and civil in the declaration of independence / Barry Alan Shain -- The creation, reconstruction, and interpretation of the Bill of Rights / Akhil Reed Amar -- The dilemma of declaring rights / Jack N. Rakove -- The limited horizons of Whig religious rights / A. Gregg Roeber -- The history of rights in early America / Gordon S. Wood -- Rights consciousness in American history / Daniel T. Rodgers -- The diversity of rights in contemporary ethical and political thought / Leif Wenar and Stephen Macedo -- The politics of rights talk, then and now / Rogers M. Smith. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XI, 337 S
ISBN:0813926661
0-8139-2666-1
9780813926667
978-0-8139-2666-7