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OverviewThis original collection of jurisprudential essays furthers our understanding of the nature of rights. In Part 1, Halpin considers the value of Hohfeldian neutrality when theorising about law in general, and legal rights in particular, and Kurki focuses on Hohfeld’s operative notion of power. In Part 2, Kramer rebuts Wenar’s objections to his Interest Theory of rights, and May provides a comparative defence of the Interest Theory against Wenar’s Kind-Desire theory of claim-rights. Penner then pursues legal doctrine, focusing on whether judges hold the powers of their office as rights, an issue over which Wenar and Kramer have clashed. Sreenivasan, utilising a novel test case involving pure public goods, argues that the third party beneficiary objection to the Interest Theory is fatal. McBride builds on Sreenivasan’s Hybrid Theory of claim-rights to construct his new Tracking Theory of rights. Cruft then argues that the best extant versions of the Interest and Will Theories of rights cannot avoid a form of circularity, and Van Duffel argues that meeting four adequacy constraints, which he proposes, counts in favour of any theory of rights. In Part 3, Andersson proposes a tie breaking procedure for rights conflicts in the applied realm of politics, and Steiner concludes by alleging that Kant’s principle of right, a standard of corrective justice, has distributive implications. 'A fine collection of cutting-edge essays on the most important normative concept of modernity.' Professor Leif Wenar, King’s College London 'This important collection proceeds much beyond the famous 1998 A Debate Over Rights which sets the stage for the debates concerning rights since then. It explores three aspects of rights. First it re-examines the Hohfeldian classification and highlights its importance and relevance. Second it investigates and develops the debates between the interest and the will theory. It includes essays by the main established proponents of these two positions as well as essays by newcomers to this field. The different essays in this part address each other in ways which sharpen and clarify the disagreements and provide new original arguments for the contending views. Last, it provides a new perspective on the debates concerning conflicts of rights and the ways to overcome them. This collection will no doubt dominate the future conceptual discussions concerning the nature of rights and their role in political theory.' Professor Alon Harel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Mark McBride (National University of Singapore)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Hart Publishing Weight: 0.535kg ISBN: 9781509910144ISBN 10: 150991014 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 24 August 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. The Value of Hohfeldian Neutrality when Theorising about Legal Rights Andrew Halpin 2. Legal Competence and Legal Power Visa AJ Kurki 3. In Defence of the Interest Theory of Right-Holding: Rejoinders to Leif Wenar on Rights Matthew H Kramer 4. Desires, Interests and Claim-Rights Simon Cabulea May 5. Legal Powers and the Will and Interest Theories of Rights James Penner 6. Public Goods, Individual Rights and Third-Party Benefits Gopal Sreenivasan 7. The Tracking Theory of Rights Mark McBride 8. The Circularity of the Interest and Will Theories of Rights Rowan Cruft 9. Adequacy Constraints for a Theory of Rights Siegfried Van Duffel 10. Respectful Adjudication of Rights Conflicts Anna-Karin Andersson 11. Corrective Rights Hillel SteinerReviewsNew Essays on the Nature of Rights is an important work that those working on the nature of rights will want to read. -- George W Rainbolt, University of North Florida * The Philosophical Quarterly * Author InformationMark McBride is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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