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Edmundson William A

An introduction to rights - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004 - 223p xiii

Contents
Part I. The First Expansionary Era: ;
1. The prehistory of rights;
2. The rights of man: The Enlightenment;
3. 'Mischievous nonsense'?;
4. The nineteenth century: Consolidation and retrenchment;
5. The conceptual neighborhood of rights: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld;
Part II. The Second Expansionary Era: 6. The universal declaration and a revolt against utilitarianism;
7. The nature of rights: 'choice' theory and 'interest' theory;
8. A right to do wrong? Two conceptions of moral rights;
9. The pressure of consequentialism;
10. What is interference?;
11. The future of rights;
12. Conclusion

ISBN: 9780521008709

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Civil Rights2. Human Rights

Dewey Class. No.: 323.220000 / EDM