“"[This book] represents a genuine breakthrough. . . . [It] will have a large influence on the course of jurisprudential reflection in the decades ahead." -Bruce Ackerman, Yale University
After mapping out a brief history of American legal thinking regarding rights, from communitarianism to liberalism, Sullivan gives a rich and nuanced account of how pragmatism worked to resolve conflicts of self-interest and community well-being. ”
“[This book] represents an genuine breakthrough . . . . [It] will have a large influence on the course of jurisprudential reflection in the decades ahead.”
— Bruce Ackerman, Yale University
“Against the charge . . . that pragmatism fails to take rights seriously, Sullivan responds that pragmatism provides us with the best account of why we should take rights seriously.”
— Cheyney Ryan, University of Oregon
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