Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe.In Canad... » 

Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948rights have become the dominant language of the public good around the globe.In Canada rights have become the trump card in every argument from family lifeto Parliament Hill but the notorious fights for aboriginal rights and for thelinguistic heritage of Frenchspeaking Canadians have steered Canada into afullblown rights revolution. This revolution is not only deeply controversialbut is being watched around the world. Are group rights to land and languagejeopardizing individual rights? Has the Charter of Rights empowered ordinaryCanadians or just enriched constitutional lawyers? When everyone asserts theirrights what happens to responsibilities? Michael Ignatieff confronts thesequestions headon in The Rights Revolution defending the supposedindividualism of rights language against all comers. «