Horizontal Rights: An Institutional Approach

by Gautam Bhatia

Book Overview

This book provides a new conceptual model for considering constitutional rights from a comparative perspective. A prestigious club bars women from standing for executive positions. A homeowner refuses to rent their house to a person on grounds of their race. Each of these real-life cases involves the exercise of private power, which deprives individuals of their rights. Can these individuals invoke the Constitution in response?

Horizontal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509967656
• ISBN13: 9781509967650
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"