Where do our rights come from? Does "natural law" really exist outside of what is written in constitutions and legal statutes? If so, why are rights not the same everywhere and in all eras? On the other hand, if rights are nothing more than the product of human law, why should we ever allow them to override the popular will? In Rights from Wrongs , renowned legal scholar Alan Dershowitz puts forward a wholly new and compelling answer to this age-old dilemma: Rights, he argues, do not come from God, nature, logic, or law alone. They arise out of particular human experiences with injustice. Rights from Wrongs is the first book to propose a theory of rights that emerges not from a theory of perfect justice but from its opposite: from the bottom up, from trial and error, and from our collective experience of injustice. Human rights come from human wrongs. "[Dershowitz's] underlying theory is one that can be neutrally applied by people residing at all positions within the political spectrum.... Perhaps if his views were understood by more people, there would be both a toning down of the political rhetoric." - Tampa Tribune

艾伦•德肖维茨，美国著名法学家。在辛普森杀妻案、克林顿绊闻案与弹劾案、泰森案等一系列备受瞩目的案件中担任辩护律师，同时也是专栏作家、演说家、书评家与畅销书作家，知名度遍及世界，被誉为「当代最伟大的人权律师」。代表作包括《最好的辩护》《大法官的偏见》《性的麦卡锡主义》《法律创世记》《虐待的藉口》《致年轻律师的信》。