The Negotiable Constitution: On the Limitation of Rights

by Grégoire C.N. Webber

Book Overview

In matters of rights, constitutions tend to avoid settling controversies. With few exceptions, rights are formulated in open-ended language, seeking consensus on an abstraction without purporting to resolve the many moral-political questions implicated by rights. The resulting view has been that rights extend everywhere but are everywhere infringed by legislation seeking to resolve the very moral-political questions the constitution seeks to avoid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110741184X
• ISBN13: 9781107411845
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"