Individual rights

pp. 125-151

in: Corlett, Race, rights, and justice, Berlin, Springer, 2009

Abstract

Imbedded in the content of law is a cluster of claims and interests the most powerful of which amount to rights (valid claims or interests). Part I examined theories of legal interpretation as the importance of a viable theory of legal interpretation determines which claims or interests are valid ones. Hence the connection between legal interpretation and the rights found within the content of the law.