This article is about relations of support and conflict within systems of fundamental legal rights—and the arguments for and against rights that those relations make possible. Justificatory linkage arguments defend controversial rights by claiming that they provide very useful support to the realisation of well-accepted rights. This article analyses such arguments in detail and discusses their structures, uses and pitfalls. It then shows that linkage arguments can be used not just to defend rights, but also to attack them. When rights conflict—whether severely or weakly, logically or practically—negative linkage arguments attacking them can be based on the trouble they make for other rights. Many examples of conflicts of rights are provided. Negative linkage arguments provide reasons for rejecting, repealing or trimming the criticised right. Such arguments are already in regular use, but their close relation to justificatory linkage arguments has not been recognised.

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支持和反对权利的联系论据

这篇文章是关于基本法律权利体系内的支持和冲突关系——以及支持和反对这些关系可能带来的权利的论据。正当联系论证通过声称它们为实现广为接受的权利提供了非常有用的支持来捍卫有争议的权利。本文详细分析了这些论点，并讨论了它们的结构、用途和陷阱。然后它表明，联系论证不仅可以用来捍卫权利，还可以用来攻击权利。当权利冲突时——无论是严重的还是微弱的，逻辑上的还是实践上的——攻击他们的负面联系论点可能是基于他们为其他权利制造的麻烦。提供了许多权利冲突的例子。负联系论证为拒绝、废除或削减被批评的权利提供了理由。