Theoretical and Empirical Studies of Rights
Examines rights from an inter-disciplinary law and society perspective, beginning with the premise that the basic functions of rights requires the study of rights consciousness and claiming behavior. This book is organized around the social movements and political processes which give rise to rights, by which people understand they enjoy a right.
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- Full title :Theoretical and Empirical Studies of Rights
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Examines rights from an inter-disciplinary law and society perspective, beginning with the premise that the basic functions of rights requires the study of rights consciousness and claiming behavior. This book is organized around the social movements and political processes which give rise to rights, by which people understand they enjoy a right.
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- Publication Date:2007
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- Publisher(s):Ashgate
- Place of Publication:Aldershot
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007
Notes
Examines rights from an inter-disciplinary law and society perspective, beginning with the premise that the basic functions of rights requires the study of rights consciousness and claiming behavior. This book is organized around the social movements and political processes which give rise to rights, by which people understand they enjoy a right.
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- Description:620 p.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780754625810, 0754625818
- oclc:ocn969920354
- Dewey Decimal:323.01
Table of Contents
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Theories of Rights: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations; Of property, John Locke; Constitutional democracy, Jurgen Habermas; The model of rules, Ronald M. Dworkin. Conflicts Of and About Rights: The new property, Charles A. Reich; Rights in conflict, Jeremy Waldron; Interpreting rights: an essay for Robert Cover, Martha Minow; An essay on rights, Marc Tushnet. Rights in Empirical Relief: The emergence and transformation of disputes: naming, blaming and claiming, Felstiner, Abel and Sarat; Rights, remembrance, and the reconciliation of difference, Engel and Munger; Situating legal consciousness: law, hierarchy, and offensive public speech, Laura Beth Nielsen; Internal dispute resolution: the transformation of civil rights in the workplace, Edelman, Erlanger and Lande; Bargaining in the shadow of institutions: competing discourses and social change in workplace mobilization of civil rights, Catherine R. Albiston. Rights in Social Movements: Reform litigation o trial, Michael McCann; Hollow hopes and other aspirations: a reply to Feeley and McCann, Gerald Rosenberg. Rights in Global Contexts: The ADA on the road: disabili…
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