Since World War II, a growing number of jurisdictions in both the developing and industrialized worlds have adopted progressive constitutions that guarantee social and economic rights (SER) in addition to political and civil rights. Parallel developments have occurred at transnational level with the adoption of treaties that commit signatory states to respect and fulfil SER for their peoples.
This book is a product of the International Social and Economic Rights Project (iSERP), a global consortium of judges, lawyers, human rights advocates, and legal academics who critically...
Since World War II, a growing number of jurisdictions in both the developing and industrialized worlds have adopted progressive constitutions that ...
This title was first published in 2001: Welfare law is a legal field integral to most jurisprudential formulations, whether artificially designated as doctrinal, theoretical or practical. At its core, legal discourse regarding welfare challenges the formulations traditionally viewed as 'pre-legal', the 'background rules' of property, tort and contract law. In addition, it affects a large percentage of the world's population, highlights the social construction of identities and perhaps more than any other area of law, graphically epitomizes the intersection of class, race and gender...
This title was first published in 2001: Welfare law is a legal field integral to most jurisprudential formulations, whether artificially designated as...
