Title
Looking Beyond the Negative-Positive Rights Distinction: Analyzing Constitutional Rights According to their Nature, Effect and Reach
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-12-2018
Abstract
The relatively short catalogue of rights recognized by the Constitution of the United States, coupled with their near exclusive articulation as political and civil rights of a negative character opposable only to state action, has substantially narrowed the scope of analysis as to the different features and manifestations of constitutional rights in general. This has led the debate amongst U.S. scholars to focus their attention to rights as a sometimes simplistic dichotomy between negative political rights on the one hand, and positive socioeconomic rights on the other, which are more typically found in modern, teleological constitutions. In this brief Article, I wish to challenge and transcend that narrow dichotomy and analyze the different variables applicable to constitutional rights, considering several interacting features.
Publication Title
Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
First Page
31
Recommended Citation
Jorge M. Farinacci Fernós,
Looking Beyond the Negative-Positive Rights Distinction: Analyzing Constitutional Rights According to their Nature, Effect and Reach,
41
Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev.
31
(2018).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/journal_articles/1077
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