why our obsession with rights is tearing America apart Greene, Jamal K. creator text bibliography mau 2022 First Mariner paperback edition monographic eng

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xxxvi, 299 pages ; 21 cm. "An eminent constitutional scholar reveals how the explosion of rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice"-- 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 Jamal Greene. "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. n-us--- United States. 1st-10th Amendments. Estados Unidos. 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 KF 4749 G811h 2022 342.7308/5 Greene, Jamal, Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. (DLC) 2020034166 9780358699293 0358699290 2020034165 DLC 200727 20250703170746.0 21628099 eng