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The rights revolution : Lawyers, activists, and supreme courts in comparative perspective - Chicago The University Of Chicago Press 1998 - 326p xiii

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.

ISBN: 9780226211626

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Human Rights - Comparative - Study2. Civil Rights - History

Dewey Class. No.: 342.085000 / EPP