Duncan Ivison is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. His other books include The Self at Liberty (1997) and Postcolonial Liberalism (2002).
An important and original contribution to the philosophy of rights. - Political Studies By skillfully illuminating the political character of rights, and showing how the political informs particular solutions to perennial problems in the theory of rights, Ivison provides a valuable service to philosophers. - Derrick Darby, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews An excellent introduction for students and an original and compelling account of rights.A - David Owen, University of Southampton A lucid and extremely comprehensive survey of the historical and contemporary literature on rights. - Colin Bird, University of Virginia