Bhagwat, Ashutosh A.

The myth of rights : the purposes and limits of constitutional rights / Ashutosh Bhagwat. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. - ix, 298 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The myth of rights : of aliens, corporations, and guns -- The nature of rights : a theoretical and historical overview -- Constitutional rights and the structure of government -- How constitutional rights limit government power -- Free speech and self-governance -- The religion clauses : reconciling accommodation and separation -- Property rights and economic regulation -- Racial discrimination and affirmative action : the meaning of equal protection -- Discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and other characteristics : translating equal protection -- The nontextual constitution : privacy and other unenumerated rights -- Structural rights and the War on Terror.

0195377788 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780195377781 (hardback : alk. paper)

2009038185


Civil rights--United States.

KF4749 / .B48 2010

342.7308/5