A Culture of Rights ：Law, Literature, and Canada

Publication subTitle ：Law, Literature, and Canada

Author： Benjamin James Authers

Publisher： University of Toronto Press‎

E-ISBN: 9781442625808

Subject： D90-059 Other

Language： ENG

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Description

“A Culture of Rights is an important and timely book that will prompt serious rethinking about the strengths and limits of the rights revolution and of Canada’s role in its implementation. If anyone is looking for proof of the value of humanities research, then this book is it.”

Chapter

1 “This Is Why Redress Matters”: Rights and National Belonging

2 Excessive Rights: Freedom of Expression and Analogies of Harm

3 “Nothing but the Pure, Entire, and Unblemished Truth?”: Trials, Counter Narratives, and Legal Rights

4 Allegory, Interpretation, and Equality Rights

5 “We Don’t Need Anybody’s Constitution”: Indigenous Peoples and Resistance to Rights

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index

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