Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places : : Why State Constitutions Contain America's Positive Rights / / Emily Zackin.
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 pe...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Core Textbook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 2 line illus. 8 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places
- Chapter 2. Of Ski Trails and State Constitutions
- Chapter 3. Defining Positive Rights
- Chapter 4. Why Write New Rights?
- Chapter 5. Education
- Chapter 6. Workers' Rights
- Chapter 7. Environmental Protection
- Chapter 8. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter