Revisiting rights [electronic resource] / edited by Austin Sarat.
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TextSeries: Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 48, special issue.Publication details: Bingley, UK ; [Boston] : Emerald, 2009Description: 1 online resource (ix, 175 p.)ISBN: 9781848559318 (electronic bk.) :; 1848559313 (electronic bk.) :Subject(s): Human rights | Civil rights | Human rights & civil liberties law | Law & society | Law -- GeneralAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Revisiting rights.DDC classification: 342.08/5 LOC classification: K3240 | .R48 2009Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: 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.
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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.
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