The myth of rights
Subtitle: the purposes and limits of constitutional rights
By: Ashutosh A. Bhagwat.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195377781
Subjects: Civil rights -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The myth of rights : of aliens, corporations, and guns; title: The nature of rights : a theoretical and historical overview; title: Constitutional rights and the structure of government; title: How constitutional rights limit government power; title: Free speech and self-governance; title: The religion clauses : reconciling accommodation and separation; title: Property rights and economic regulation; title: Racial discrimination and affirmative action : the meaning of equal protection; title: Discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and other; title: Characteristics : translating equal protection; title: The nontextual constitution : privacy and other unenumerated rights; title: Structural rights and the war on terror.