The myth of rights
Subtitle: the purposes and limits of constitutional rights
By: Ashutosh  Bhagwat.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780195377781
Subjects: Civil rights -- United States
Description: 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 and many other areas of law and public policy.
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.