Rights: A Critical Introduction

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Rights A critical introduction
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Contents
Preface: Exploring rights
Part I: The Discourses of Rights
Chapter 1: The reputation of rights
	Historical ups and downs
	Four critiques of rights
	Preserving the reputation of rights
Chapter 2: Varieties of rights
	Right and rights
	Rights and rules
	A typology of rights
	Human rights
	The rights approach
	Conclusion
Chapter 3: Theories of rights
	Will or interests?
	Who can have rights?
	What rights do they have?
	What rights ought they to have?
	Conclusion
Chapter 4: Political ideologies and their rights
	Rawls and the social contract
	Libertarianism
	Communitarianism
	Republicanism
	Feminism
	Conclusion
PART II: The Institutions of Rights
Chapter 5: Legal rights
	Rights and remedies
	Formal rule of law
	Substantive rule of law
	Bills of rights
	Conclusion
Chapter 6: International human rights
	International courts
	Human rights intervention
	Cultural diversity
	Conclusion
Chapter 7: Rights and civil society
	Civil society
	Economic entities and human rights
	Sphere-specific rights
	Conclusion
PART III: Three Human Rights
Chapter 8: Freedom of speech
	Free speech rationales
	Critiques
	Implications and institutions
	Conclusion
Chapter 9: Sustenance
	Economic and social rights
	Institutionalising a right to sustenance
	Justice or humanity
	Conclusion
Chapter 10: Self-determination
	Collective rights
	Collective self-determination
	Varieties of self-determination
	Answering the critics
PART IV: A Theory of Rights
Chapter 11: Democratic positivism
	The positivism
	The democracy
	The critiques
	The questions
	Conclusion
Appendix: A literature map
Notes
Bibliography
Index