The American Language of Rights

(Part of the Ideas in Context Series and Ideas in Context Series)

by Richard A. Primus

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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 more in opposition to concrete social and political practices, than in the universalistic paradigms presented...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521616212

ISBN13:9780521616218

Release Date:December 2004

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:284 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Constitutional Law Education & Reference Government Law Political History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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