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The Logic of Constitutional Rights
Individual rights raise endless conflicts and spawn intricate standards and policies. Increasing involvement by courts has added still greater complexity. In this book the author argues that a fixed structure underlies that complexity, determining the kinds of arguments that can be made about individual rights.
| Author(s) | By Eric Heinze. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 122 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 28 May 2005 |
| Availability | Available |
Individual rights raise endless conflicts and spawn intricate standards and policies. Increasing involvement by courts has added still greater complexity. In this book the author argues that a fixed structure underlies that complexity, determining the kinds of arguments that can be made about individual rights.
Contents: Series preface; Introduction; Rights and restrictions; Agents; Harm; Consent; The background theories; Works cited; Index.
Dr Eric Heinze is Reader in Law at University of London, Queen Mary, where his areas of teaching and research include Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, International Human Rights and US Constitutional Law. His publications on the formal analysis of rights d
