Title:
The myth of rights : the purposes and limits of constitutional rights / Ashutosh Bhagwat.
Author:
Bhagwat, Ashutosh A.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Publisher:
Oxford University P.,
Publication Place:
New York :
ISBN:
9780195377781 (hbk.)
Subject:
Civil rights -- United States.
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.
Physical Description:
ix, 298 p. ;
Publication Date:
c2010.
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