Rights, Groups, and Self-Invention: Group-Differentiated Rights in Liberal Theory

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Eric J. Mitnick

Rights, Groups, and Self-Invention

Group-Differentiated Rights in Liberal Theory

Eric J. Mitnick

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English

Routledge
10 September 2018

Jurisprudence & general issues; Social law

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Group-differentiated rights, or rights that attach on the basis of membership in a particular social or cultural group, are an increasingly common and controversial aspect of modern pluralistic legal systems. Eric Mitnick offers the first comprehensive treatment of this important form of right. The book describes and critically assesses the group-differentiated form of 'right' from within analytical, constitutive and liberal theory. It further examines the extent to which group-differentiated rights constitute aspects of human identity, and it asks whether this should be a cause for concern from the perspective of liberal theory. 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 ascriptive statuses such as slavery and alienage, to more affirmative classifications, such as those apparent in the contexts of civil unions and affirmative action, finally to the claims of religious and other cultural groups for official recognition and accommodation of group-based beliefs and practices.

By: Eric J. Mitnick
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138620421
ISBN 10: 1138620424
Pages: 231
Publication Date: 10 September 2018
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active