Rights, Groups, and Self-invention: Group-differentiated Rights in Liberal Theory - Hardcover

Mitnick, Eric J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754645738 ISBN 13: 9780754645733

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006

Synopsis

This volume describes and critically assesses the group-differentiated form of 'right' from within analytical, constitutive and liberal theory. The book further examines to what extent the group-differentiated form of right serves to constitute aspects of human identity and whether this should be a cause for concern. The more detailed normative work advanced in the book contextually applies the constitutive understanding of rights, and the principles of liberal membership to particular examples of group-differentiated citizenship. Such examples range from slavery and alienage, to more affirmative classifications, such as those apparent in the contexts of civil unions and affirmative action.

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About the Author

Eric J. Mitnick is an Associate Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. He holds a Ph.D. in political theory from the Department of Politics at Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754645738
• ISBN 13: 9780754645733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226