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"Rights Revolutions And Counter-Revolutions" Book Note, Jed Handelsman Shugerman
"Rights Revolutions And Counter-Revolutions" Book Note, Jed Handelsman Shugerman
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The rise of rights talk is a subject that has gripped academia in recent years. Many historians of modem America are now searching for the origins of the rights revolution and the feverish use of rights arguments on the left and on the right. Two recent works of legal history tackle one part of this question with trailblazing interpretations, focusing on left-wing rights discourse and the successes of the civil rights movement. Both books offer compelling and well-written narratives of post-war legal issues, and they present innovative arguments that this revolution began in response to global crises.1 Richard Primus's …