Rights and Right-Holding

Abstract

Matthew Kramer is the foremost contemporary proponent of the Interest theory of rights, and his latest monograph is a definitive statement and defense of that theory. While some of the arguments in Rights and Right-Holding are familiar to rights theorists, some novel ones are introduced in order to complete his account of right-holding. Since it is impossible to do justice to this rich and carefully argued book in such a short review, I will focus on the fresh ideas presented here.