Looking for rights in all the wrong places: why state constitutions contain america's positive rights
Auteur :
Zackin, Emily
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691155784
Date de publication :
21 avr. 2013
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Unlike many national constitutions, which contain explicit positive rights to such things as education, a living wage, and a healthful environment, the U.S. Bill of Rights appears to contain only a long list of prohibitions on government. American constitutional rights, we are often told, protect people only from an overbearing government, but give