The American language of rights / Richard A. Primus.
The American language of rights / Richard A. Primus.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N342.73085/ 34
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English
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xiv, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Rights theory and rights practice -- 2. History and the development of rights -- 3. Rights of the Founding -- 4. Rights and Reconstruction: syntheses and shell games -- 5. Rights after World War II -- Conclusion: rights and reasons.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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England
Date Published
1999.
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"Richard A. Primus examines three crucial periods in American history (the late eighteenth century, the civil war and the 1950s and 1960s) in order to demonstrate how the conceptions of rights prevailing at each of these times grew out of reactions to contemporary social and political crises. His innovative approach sees rights language as grounded...
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The American language of rights / Richard A. Primus.
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Ideas in context ; 54.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N342.73085/ 34
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0521652502 (hardcover)
9780521652506 :
0521652502 :
9780521652506 (hardcover)
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342.7308501
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991013999019702626
