The Social Constitution

ISBN-13: 9781009367769 / Twarda / 2023

Whitney K. (San Francisco State University) Taylor

Opis

Shows how legal mobilization embeds constitutions in everyday life, pushing newly codified rights from words on paper to meaningful tools.

Recenzje

'In this uncommonly elegant book, Whitney Taylor single-handedly reframes our understanding of the social welfare promises found in many of the world's constitutions, showing with rich and subtle data that rights to healthcare, housing, clean water, and so much more have the potential to become real in the lives of ordinary people when supported from below by ongoing litigation, and from above by receptive judicial rulings. A compelling analysis, brimming with important ideas, and powerfully supported with a range of evidence.' Charles Epp, The University of Kansas

Spis treści

1. Introduction: the social constitution; 2. Constitutional embedding through legal mobilization; 3. Expectations and transformations of Colombian constitutional law; 4. Social embedding; 5. Legal embedding; 6. Challenges to embedding: legal legibility; 7. Challenges to embedding: power struggles; 8. Challenges to embedding: workload; 9. Partial constitutional embedding: the case of South Africa; 10. Conclusion. Social constitutionalism and the politics of rights; Appendix: interviewees.