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How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart
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92/100Author:
Jamal Greene, Jill Lepore
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Date:
March 16, 2021
A constitutional scholar reveals how our approach to rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice.
What The Reviewers Say
... renovates and updates Glendon’s indictment of American 'rightsism' since the 1960s, with its own glances abroad for a better way.
... [Greene] goes beyond a bare rehearsal of pathologies: He prescribes a novel remedy. His refurbished assault on our dysfunctional rights culture is gripping, even thrilling. The proposed resolution, though, has too many gaps of logic to persuade.
It is disappointing when a provocative new book by a prominent legal scholar with impeccable credentials fails to sustain its arguments.
... thought-provoking.
