Theoretical and Empirical Studies of Rights (International Library of Essays in Law and Society)

by Laura Beth Nielsen (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $361.27

  Examines rights from an inter-disciplinary law and society perspective, beginning with the premise that the basic functions of rights requires the study of rights consciousness and claiming behavior. This book is organized around the social movements and political processes which give rise to rights, by which people understand they enjoy a right.