Greene, Jamal K.

How rights went wrong : why our obsession with rights is tearing America apart / Jamal Greene. - First Mariner paperback edition - xxxvi, 299 pages ; 21 cm.

"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2021 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-286) and index.

Foreword / by Jill Lepore
Part I: How rights became trumps. Getting the Bill of Rights right ; Rights meet race ; Rightsism
Part II: No justice, no peace. "Too much justice" ; When rights collide ; When rights divide
Part III: Rehabilitating rights. Disability ; Affirmative action ; Campus speech

"An eminent constitutional scholar reveals how the explosion of rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice"--

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United States. 1st-10th Amendments. Constitution.
Estados Unidos. Constitución


Civil rights--United States.
Derechos civiles--Estados Unidos
Affirmative action programs--United States.
Programas de acción afirmativa --Estados Unidos
Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
Discriminación --Legislación --Estados Unidos

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