The American language of rights

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Introduction......Page 17
CHAPTER 1 Rights theory and rights practice......Page 26
FEINBERG, RAZ, AND THE RIGHTS OF HUMAN VEGETABLES......Page 35
THREE KINDS OF DEFINITION......Page 39
RIGHTS TALK AS SOCIAL PRACTICE......Page 44
THE LIMITS OF THE PRACTICE......Page 48
HOHFELD'S TAXONOMY......Page 50
FEATURES OF THE CONVERSATION: COHERENCE OF USE......Page 54
THREE ASPECTS OF CLAIMING A RIGHT......Page 56
SUMMARY......Page 58
CHAPTER 2 History and the development of rights......Page 61
THE PARTIAL CONSTITUTION......Page 62
CHANGING CONCEPTIONS OF RIGHTS......Page 64
TWO KINDS OF REASONS......Page 71
WHICH RIGHTS?......Page 74
RIGHTS AND AMERICAN HISTORY......Page 76
ADVERSITY, REACTION, SYNTHESIS......Page 78
THE TRANSFORMATIONS......Page 81
AKHIL AMAR AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS: A STORY IN TWO PARTS......Page 83
BRUCE ACKERMAN AND THE NEW DEAL MOMENT......Page 86
WHOSE DISCOURSE?......Page 90
CHAPTER 3 Rights of the Founding......Page 94
TWO KINDS OF ATTEMPTED SYNTHESIS......Page 95
Past and present experience......Page 96
Experience and theory......Page 98
FOUNDING AND MODERN ANALYTIC RIGHTS DISCOURSES: FORMAL DISSIMILARITIES......Page 100
Bearers of rights......Page 101
Sources of rights......Page 104
Recognition and non-recognition of oppositionality......Page 108
Executive power and legislative representation......Page 110
Oppositionality and specific rights of the Founding......Page 113
Military affairs......Page 115
Standing armies......Page 117
Domestic quartering......Page 121
Religion......Page 123
Episcopal establishment......Page 125
The Quebec Act......Page 127
Trials......Page 131
Free trade and the rights of Annapolis......Page 136
CONCLUSION......Page 139
CHAPTER 4 Rights and Reconstruction: syntheses and shell games......Page 143
The "underlying principle'' approach......Page 146
Before the war: threats to Northern liberty......Page 152
Rights of speech and petition: the Gag Rule......Page 154
The right of free press......Page 157
The Slave Power conspiracy......Page 160
After the war: commitments to the rights of labor and the rights of blacks......Page 162
Special regard for free labor rights......Page 163
Special regard for the rights of blacks......Page 166
CIVIL, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL RIGHTS: A CONSTITUTIONAL SHELL GAME......Page 169
The right to vote......Page 176
Juries......Page 184
John Harlan and the limits of reactively formed civil rights in Reconstruction......Page 188
CONCLUSION......Page 190
CHAPTER 5 Rights after World War II......Page 193
A CHANGED FORM OF RIGHTS......Page 196
The return of foundationalism......Page 198
The discourse of anti-Nazism......Page 202
"Human rights''......Page 207
The flag-salute cases......Page 213
Issues of race......Page 215
The Japanese internment......Page 216
The white primary: Smith v. Allwright......Page 220
Restrictive covenants: Shelley v. Kraemer......Page 221
The anti-Soviet influence......Page 223
The rights of criminal procedure......Page 225
ANTI-POSITIVISM AND ITS CONTENT FROM NUREMBERG TO GRISWOLD......Page 229
Edgar Bodenheimer and universal rights......Page 231
The Hart–Fuller debate......Page 234
Non-positive rights: applications......Page 237
ANTI-TOTALITARIANISM AND POST-WAR POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY......Page 240
Ackerman and Posner......Page 242
Liberal neutrality......Page 245
Dworkin and the rights of individuals......Page 248
Conclusion: rights and reasons......Page 250
THE CASE OF ACADEMIC THEORY......Page 257
FURTHER QUESTIONS......Page 260
TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN......Page 261
BOOKS AND ARTICLES......Page 264
CASES......Page 275
Index......Page 277