Looking for rights in all the wrong places |
Subtitle:
why state constitutions contain America's positive rights
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Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > Social Science > Politics & Government
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Author:
Zackin, Emily
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780691155777
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Price:
USD 29.95
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Publication Year:
2013
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Publisher Info
Timothy Wilkins,
Princeton University Press,41 William Street,
Princeton ,
New Jersey - 08540,USA
Web: press.princeton.edu Inquiry
Book Description
Zackin (Hunter College) takes issue with the notion that the American constitutional tradition does not include positive rights but only prohibitions upon the government. Although this may be the case for the US Constitution, it does not hold true for the constitutions of the 50 states
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