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Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights : International Standards and Comparative Experiences.
Notwithstanding the widespread and persistent affirmation of the indivisibility and equal worth of all human rights, socio-economic rights continue to be treated as the "Cinderella" of the human rights corpus. At a domestic level this has resulted in little appetite for the explicit recogn...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken : Francis,
Taylor & amp ;
2012.
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| Colección: | Routledge research in human rights law.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights: International Standards and Comparative Experiences; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Table of cases; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Socio-economic rights; 1.2 The 'problem' with socio-economic rights; 1.3 The comparative approach; 1.4 Conclusion; 2. International standards on socio-economic rights; 2.1 The value of international human rights norms; 2.2 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 2.3 The sister covenants and socio-economic rights; 2.4 Conclusion; 3. The South African experience; 3.1 Post-apartheid and the New South African Constitution.
- 3.2 The socio-economic rights jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court3.3 Debating the Court's jurisprudence; 3.4 Conclusion; 4. Developing social rights in India; 4.1 The Indian Constitution; 4.2 Public interest litigation and socio-economic rights; 4.3 Swings and roundabouts; 4.4 Conclusion; 5. The Canadian Charter, substantive equality and social rights; 5.1 The Canadian Constitution; 5.2 Section 15 and the promise of substantive equality; 5.3 Section 7, penumbral rights and positive duties; 5.4 Conclusion; 6. The rejection of socio-economic rights in Ireland.
- 6.1 The Irish Constitutional system6.2 The rejection of socio-economic rights in Ireland; 6.3 Post-Sinnott and TD; 6.4 Conclusion; 7. A model adjudicative framework; 7.1 The separation of powers; 7.2 The smorgasbord of judicial review; 7.3 Vindicating socio-economic rights: A model framework; 7.4 Conclusion; 8. Conclusions; 8.1 The defensible judicial role; 8.2 The limits of 'rights talk'; 8.3 The political economy of human rights; 8.4 Prospects for the future; Bibliography; Index.