 Forst (2012, 2014, 2016) combines critical and contractualist theory into a sophisticated account of rights. Beginning with a status-based fundamental right to justification, he shows how suitably idealized demands for justification from individuals subordinated within real relations of power can ground specific rights to relief from and redress for actual injustices. Forst’s framework shows the enduring theoretical appeal and practical potential of the Kantian tradition of understanding rights.