Screen LibraryAn introduction to rights
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| Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Cambridge introductions to philosophy and law |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 223 p.: ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0521803985 (hardback) 0521008700 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | D082 |
| CLC: | D082 |
| Call Number: | D082/E243 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index. pt. I. The first expansionary era. The prehistory of rights ; The rights of man: the Enlightenment ; "Mischievous nonsense"? ; The nineteenth century: consolidation and retrenchment ; The conceptual neighborhood of rights: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld -- pt. II. The second expansionary era. The Universal Declaration and a revolt against utilitarianism ; The nature of rights: "choice" theory and "interest" theory ; A right to do wrong? Two conceptions of moral rights ; The pressure of consequentialism ; What is interference? ; The future of rights ; Conclusion. |