Exploring Social Rights - now in paperback - looks into the theoretical and practical implications of social rights. The book's contributions are organized in five parts. Part I considers theoretical aspects of social rights and looks into their place within political and legal theory and within the human rights tradition. Part II looks at the status of social rights in international law, with reference to the challenge of globalization and to the significance of specific regional regulation (such as the European System). Part III includes discussions of various legal systems which are of...

As Israel's control of the Occupied Palestinian Territory nears its fiftieth anniversary, The Writing on the Wall offers a critical perspective on the international law of occupation. Advocating a normative and functional approach to occupation and to the question of when it exists, it analyzes the application of humanitarian and human rights law, pointing to the risk of using the law of occupation in its current version to legitimize new variations of conquest and colonialism. The book points to the need for reconsidering the law of occupation in light of changing forms of control, such as...