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29%OFFEmily Zackin - Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places: Why State Constitutions Contain America´s Positive Rights - 9780691155784 - V9780691155784
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Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places: Why State Constitutions Contain America´s Positive Rights

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Description for Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places: Why State Constitutions Contain America´s Positive Rights Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Unlike many national constitutions, which contain explicit positive rights to such things as education, a living wage, and a healthful environment, the U.S. Bill of Rights appears to contain only a long list of prohibitions on government. American constitutional rights, we are often told, protect people only from an overbearing government, but give no explicit guarantees of governmental help. Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places argues that we have fundamentally misunderstood the American rights tradition. The United States actually has a long history of enshrining positive rights in its constitutional law, but these rights have been overlooked simply ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691155784
SKU
V9780691155784
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About Emily Zackin
Emily Zackin is assistant professor of political science at Hunter College, City University of New York.

Reviews for Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places: Why State Constitutions Contain America´s Positive Rights
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014 "This is an excellent contribution to the literature and yet another compelling reason that scholars should not limit themselves to only the federal Constitution and courts."
Choice "I am hopeful that Zackin's thoughtful and timely book will invigorate the debate, reminding readers along the way of the vibrant role states have played, and ... Read more

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