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879899
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Zackin, Emily J.,1980-
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Looking for rights in all the wrong places : : why state constitutions contain America's positive rights /\ Emily Zackin.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton [N.J.] :: Princeton University Press,, ©2013.
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Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives
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1 online resource (250 pages)
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069115578X
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: 1400846277
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: 9780691155784
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: 9781400846276
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0691155771
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129933301X
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9780691155777
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9781299333017
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Looking for rights in all the wrong places -- Of ski trails and state constitutions : silly details or serious principles? -- Defining positive rights -- Why write new rights? : understanding constitutional development apart from entrenchment -- Education : a long tradition of positive rights in America -- Workers' rights : constitutional protections where (and when) we would least expect them -- Environmental protection : positive constitutional rights in the late twentieth century.
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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 no explicit guarantees of governmental help. Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places argues that we have fundamentally misunderstood the American rights tradition. The United States actually has a long history of enshrining positive rights in its constitutional law, but these rights have been overlooked simply because they are not in the U.S.
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Civil rights-- United States-- States.
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Constitutional law-- United States-- States.
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Civil rights-- U.S. states.
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Constitutional law-- U.S. states.
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LAW-- Constitutional.
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LAW-- Public.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Civil Rights.
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United States.
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342.7308/5
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KF4750.Z95 2013eb
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