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Pathways To Justice: Positive Rights, State Constitutions, And Untapped Potential, Dustin Coffman
Pathways To Justice: Positive Rights, State Constitutions, And Untapped Potential, Dustin Coffman
Marquette Benefits and Social Welfare Law Review
Positive rights, as a concept, are nothing new. Though they may not have always had such a deceptively unequivocal name, positive rights have existed in various forms and mediums throughout history. They've been utilized, underutilized, and, in some cases, outright ignored. At their core, positive rights are the imposition of an obligation upon the state to fulfill some declared right or benefit. One basis for this imposition is that because citizens give up certain rights by being parties to the "social contract," they should be entitled to certain positive protections guaranteed by the state created by way of said "contract." …