Looking for rights in all the wrong places : why state constitutions contain America's positive rights / Emily Zackin.
| Author/creator | Zackin, Emily J., 1980- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, ©2013. |
| Description | ix, 234 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives Princeton studies in American politics. ^A308870 |
| Contents | Looking for rights in all the wrong places -- Of ski trails and state constitutions : silly details or serious principles? -- Defining positive rights -- Why write new rights? : understanding constitutional development apart from entrenchment -- Education : a long tradition of positive rights in America -- Workers' rights : constitutional protections where (and when) we would least expect them -- Environmental protection : positive constitutional rights in the late twentieth century. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index. |
| LCCN | 2012041106 |
| ISBN | 9780691155777 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691155771 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780691155784 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 069115578X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | KF4750.Z95 Z33 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |