TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simon,Stephen A.
TI  - Universal Rights and the Constitution
T2  - SUNY Series in American Constitutionalism Series
SN  - 9781438451879
AV  - KF4581 -- .S57 2014eb 
U1  - 342.73085 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Constitutional law-United States
KW  - International and municipal law-United States
KW  - Natural law-United States
KW  - Human rights-United States
KW  - Law-United States-Foreign influences
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Natural law and universal arguments -- Rights interpretation and universality: An overview -- 2 Universal arguments in american constitutionalism -- Universal arguments in political discourse -- Roots of universal arguments in american constitutionalism -- Universal arguments and the judiciary -- 3 Universal arguments in constitutional law -- Universal arguments and economic due process -- Confusion in the use of universal arguments -- Foreign law in constitutional interpretation -- The eighth amendment and the debate over universal arguments -- How the court's jurisprudence undermines rights -- 4 Universal arguments in constitutional theory -- Fixed exclusivism -- Evolutionary exclusivism -- Constitutional aspirationalism -- Universalistic theories of interpretation -- Framers' natural law -- 5 A role for universal arguments -- The Persistent puzzle -- Primary reliance on particular arguments -- The limited role of universal arguments -- Addressing objections -- 6 Conclusion: universal rights discourse -- A place for universal rights discourse -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - Innovative examination of the tensions between universal and more uniquely American definitions of cherished rights
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ER  -