Thinking in three dimensions: theorizing rights as a normative concept

Jurisprudence 11 (4):552-573 (2020)
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rights is a normative concept. This gives rise to three desiderata for conceptualising rights: first, given the wide variety of contexts in which rights are invoked, an account of rights must be su...

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