Cover of The cost of rights

The cost of rights

by Holmes, Stephen

1999 255 pages eng

All legally enforceable rights cost money. A practical, commonsense notion? Yes, but one ignored by almost everyone, from libertarian ideologues to Supreme Court justices to human rights advocates. The simple insight that rights are expensive reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government …

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