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The Rights Nobody Has to Earn

Rights begin with personhood. Book 1 explores an unconditional floor, ordinary freedom, and public power that must answer to those it affects.

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What does a society owe a person before they have earned anything? The Rights Nobody Has to Earn sets out a constitutional design for an unconditional floor, freedom in ordinary life, and accountable public power. It follows the rules through concrete cases, including where protection holds and where it reaches its limits.

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