The American Language of Rights

By: Richard A. Primus

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Paperback | 13 December 2005

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Richard A. Primus examines three crucial periods in American history (the late eighteenth century, the civil war and the 1950s and 1960s) in order to demonstrate how the conceptions of rights prevailing at each of these times grew out of reactions to contemporary social and political crises. His innovative approach sees rights language as grounded more in opposition to concrete social and political practices, than in the universalistic paradigms presented by many political philosophers. This study demonstrates the potency of the language of rights throughout American history, and looks for the first time at the impact of modern totalitarianism (in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union) on American conceptions of rights. The American Language of Rights is a major contribution to contemporary political theory, of interest to scholars and students in politics and government, constitutional law, and American history.

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"This book is a major contribution to contemporary political theory, of interest to scholars and students in politics and government, constitutional law, and American history." Yale Law Report "This book examines three periods in American history - the late eighteenth century, the Civil War, and the 1950s and 1960s - to demonstrate how the conceptions of rights prevailing during these times grew from reactions to social and political crises. Conceptualizing rights langage as grounded in opposition to concrete social and political practices, Primus explores the potency of rights language throughout American history and the impact of modern totalitarianism on American conceptions of rights." Law and Social Inquiry

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Political Control & Freedoms Human Rights Civil Rights & Citizenship Law Laws of Specific Jurisdictions Constitutional & Administrative Law Language & Linguistics Linguistics Sociolinguistics Central Government

Society & Culture Cultural Studies History of Ideas

Introduction
Rights theory and rights practice
History and the development of rights
Rights of the founding
Rights and reconstruction: syntheses and shell games
Rights after World War II
Conclusion: rights and reasons
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