Holmes, Stephen,  1948- <br/><br/>
The cost of rights :  why liberty depends on taxes / 
Stephen Holmes and Cass R. Sunstein. 
 - First edition. 
 - 255 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index. 
<br/><br/> Acknowledgments --  Introduction: Common Sense about Rights --  Why a Penniless State Cannot Protect Rights --  All Rights Are Positive --  The Necessity of Government Performance --  No Property without Taxation --  Watchdogs Must Be Paid --  Why Rights Cannot Be Absolutes --  How Scarcity Affects Liberty --  How Rights Differ from Interests --  Enforcing Rights Means Distributing Resources --  Why Tradeoffs Are Inescapable --  Why Rights Entail Responsibilities --  Have Rights Gone Too Far? --  The Unselfishness of Rights --  Rights as a Response to Moral Breakdown --  Understanding Rights as Bargains --  How Religious Liberty Promotes Stability --  Rightsholders as Stakeholders --  Welfare Rights and the Politics of Inclusion --  Conclusion: The Public Character of Private Freedoms --  Some Numbers on Rights and Their Costs --  Notes --  Index.  Pt. I.  Ch. 1.  Ch. 2.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Pt. II.  Ch. 5.  Ch. 6.  Ch. 7.  Ch. 8.  Pt. III.  Ch. 9.  Ch. 10.  Ch. 11.  Pt. IV.  Ch. 12.  Ch. 13.  Ch. 14.  App. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393046702 9780393046700 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98041491 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civil rights--Costs.--United States<br/>Finance, Public--United States<br/>Government spending policy--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC599.U5  / H55 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>323.0973