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The myth of rights : the purposes and limits of constitutional rights
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The myth of rights : the purposes and limits of constitutional rights / Ashutosh Bhagwat.
ISBN
9780195377781 (hardback : alk. paper)
0195377788 (hardback : alk. paper)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.
Physical Description
ix, 298 pages ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 10, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The myth of rights : of aliens, corporations, and guns
The nature of rights : a theoretical and historical overview
Constitutional rights and the structure of government
How constitutional rights limit government power
Free speech and self-governance
The religion clauses : reconciling accommodation and separation
Property rights and economic regulation
Racial discrimination and affirmative action : the meaning of equal protection
Discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and other characteristics : translating equal protection
The nontextual constitution : privacy and other unenumerated rights
Structural rights and the War on Terror.
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