TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edmundson,William A.
TI  - An Introduction to rights
T2  - Cambridge introductions to philosophy and law
SN  - 9781107010987 (hardback)
U1  - 323 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Human rights
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Part I. The First Expansionary Era: 1. The prehistory of rights; 2. The rights of man: the enlightenment; 3. Mischievous nonsense?; 4. The nineteenth century: consolidation and retrenchment; 5. The conceptual neighborhood of rights: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld; Part II. The Second Expansionary Era: 6. The universal declaration, and a revolt against utilitarianism; 7. The nature of rights: 'choice' theory and 'interest' theory; 8. A right to do wrong? two conceptions of moral rights; 9. The pressure of consequentialism; 10. What is interference?; 11. The future of rights; 12. Conclusion
N2  - "A thoroughly updated second edition that is an accessible introduction to the history, logic, moral implications, and political tendencies of the idea of rights"--
ER  -