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Rethinking rights : historical development and philosophical justification

Title
Rethinking rights : historical development and philosophical justification / Eleanor Curran.
Author
Curran, Eleanor, 1956-
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]

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Description
1 online resource.
Subject
  • Human rights
  • Civil rights
  • Law > Philosophy
  • Law and ethics
  • Human Rights
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
Introduction -- Part 1. The History of Rights Theory. The Beginning: The Rise of the Idea of Natural Rights -- The Philosophical Discrediting of Natural Law and Natural Rights -- Does Hobbes Rather than Locke Provide a Forerunner to Modern Theories of Rights? -- The Jurisprudential Turn in Rights Theorising -- Reading Historical Writing on Rights: The Distorting Influence of Hohfeld -- Part 2. Current and Future Rights Theory: Assessing the Philosophy of Rights. The Continuing Dominance of Hohfeld -- Current Theories of Rights: The Will and Interest Theories and Theories of Human Rights -- Thoughts for Future Rights Theorising.
ISBN
  • 9781498547888 (electronic bk.)
  • 1498547885 (electronic bk.)
OCLC
ebd1706928817
Author
Curran, Eleanor, 1956- author.
Title
Rethinking rights : historical development and philosophical justification / Eleanor Curran.
Publisher
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on print version record.
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Available from home with a valid library card
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Online version: Curran, Eleanor, 1956- Re-thinking rights Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022] 9781498547888 (DLC) 2022003955
Original 9781498547871 1498547877 (DLC) 2022003954
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