The myth of rights : the purposes and limits of constitutional rights / Ashutosh Bhagwat.

What is a constitutional right? If asked, most Americans would say that it is an entitlement to act as one pleases, i.e. that rights protect autonomy. That understanding, however, is wrong and is, indeed, 'The Myth of Rights'. This book addresses the constitutional issues posed in these an...

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Main Author: Bhagwat, Ashutosh A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010
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505 0 |a 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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