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rights as trumps: a standalone construct

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Legal theory

the idea that individual rights override ordinary collective goals, so that a policy justified by general welfare cannot defeat them.

In legal theory, rights as trumps refers to the idea that individual rights override ordinary collective goals, so that a policy justified by general welfare cannot defeat them. This meaning comes from Dworkin (1977) in Taking rights seriously.[1]

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References

  1. Dworkin, R. (1977). Taking rights seriously. Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd. ISBN 9780674867109

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