Race, Rights, and Justice

• Main Author: Angelo Corlett, J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Law and Philosophy Library, 85
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Political science.; Political philosophy.; Law.; Law > Philosophy.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Philosophy of Law.; Law, general.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Political Philosophy.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

Race, Rights, and Justice explores questions of the nature of law and constitutional interpretation, international law and global justice, and the nature, function, and importance of rights each from a perspective that takes seriously the realities of race and racism. After a critical assessment of...

Table of Contents:

• Interpreting Constitutional Rights
• Interpreting the U.S. Constitution
• Constitutional Constructionism
• Justice
• International Law
• Global Justice
• Rights
• Individual Rights
• Collective Rights
• Humanitarian Intervention and Indigenous Rights.