| Studies in Law, Politics, and Society: Special Issue: Revisiting Rights Contributor(s): Sarat, Austin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848559305 ISBN-13: 9781848559301 Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing OUR PRICE: $145.34 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Law | Jurisprudence - Law | Health |
| Dewey: 342.085 |
| Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rights and rights talk have a long and storied history and have occupied a crucial place in the ideology of liberal legalism. With the development of Critical Legal Studies in the 1970s and 80s, rights were subject to extensive critique. Yet not long after that critique rights were rehabilitated by feminists and Critical Race Theorists. Today, scholars are investigating the role of rights in social movements, in legal consciousness, in organizations, in the international arena, etc. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society contains a Special Issue on rights. It brings together the work of leading scholars to think about the nature, utility and limits of rights. This work takes stock of the field, charts its progress and points the way for its future development. |