The rights revolution : lawyers, activists, and supreme courts in comparative perspective /

Epp, Charles R,

The rights revolution : lawyers, activists, and supreme courts in comparative perspective / Charles R. Epp. - xv, 326 páginas : ilustraciones

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Introduction -- The conditions for the rights revolution : theory -- The United States : standard explanations for the rights revolution -- The support structure and the U.S. rights revolution -- India : an ideal environment for a rights revolution? -- India´s weak rights revolution and its handicap -- Britain : an inhospitable environment for a rights revolution? -- Britain´s modest rights revolution and its sources -- Canada : a great experiment in constitutional engineering -- Canada´s dramatic rights revolution and its sources -- Conclusion : constitutionalism, judicial power, and rights -- Appendix: Selected constitutional or quasi-constitutional rights provisions for the United States, India, Britain, and Canada.

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