The politics of rights : lawyers, public policy, and political change /

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Main Author: Scheingold, Stuart A
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004
Edition:2nd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • Legal rights and political action
  • Law as ideology: an introduction to the myth of rights
  • An ideologist's eye view of the myth of rights
  • The call of the law: the myth of rights as political rhetoric
  • The political resonance of the myth of rights
  • Rights as resources
  • Constitutional values and political goals
  • The implementation of public policy
  • Legal rights and political mobilization
  • Legal education and professional socialization: the myth of rights revisited
  • The activist bar: programs and prospects
  • The political relevance of legal rights