The rights revolution : Lawyers, activists, and supreme courts in comparative perspective

By:

Epp Charles R

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Publication details: Chicago The University Of Chicago Press 1998Description: 326p xiiiISBN:

9780226211626

Subject(s):

1. Human Rights - Comparative - Study2. Civil Rights - History

DDC classification:

342.085000 EPP

Contents:

Contents: Introduction; The conditions for the rights revolution : theory; The United States : standard explanations for the rights revolution; The support structure and the U.S. rights revolution; India : an ideal environment for a rights revolution; India's weak rights revolution and its handicap; Britain : an inhospitable environment for a rights revolution; Britain's modest rights revolution and its sources; Canada : a great experiment in constitutional engineering; Canada's dramatic rights revolution and its sources; Conclusion : constitutionalism, judicial power, and rights; Appendix: Selected constitutional or quasi-constitutional rights provisions for the United States, India, Britain, and Canada.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	342.085 EPP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	For Binding		16052

Contents:
Introduction;
The conditions for the rights revolution : theory;
The United States : standard explanations for the rights revolution;
The support structure and the U.S. rights revolution;
India : an ideal environment for a rights revolution;
India's weak rights revolution and its handicap;
Britain : an inhospitable environment for a rights revolution;
Britain's modest rights revolution and its sources;
Canada : a great experiment in constitutional engineering;
Canada's dramatic rights revolution and its sources;
Conclusion : constitutionalism, judicial power, and rights;
Appendix: Selected constitutional or quasi-constitutional rights provisions for the United States, India, Britain, and Canada.

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