TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edmundson,William A.
TI  - An introduction to rights
SN  - 0521803985 (hardback)
AV  - JC571 .E42 2004
U1  - 323 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Human rights
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index; 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
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