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 InfoPrinceton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, ©2013.
Descriptionix, 234 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesPrinceton 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index.
LCCN 2012041106
ISBN9780691155777 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0691155771 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780691155784 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN069115578X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks KF4750.Z95 Z33 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold