| Description |
1 online resource (340 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies on Law in Africa Ser |
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Routledge Studies on Law in Africa Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Table of Instruments -- Table of Cases -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 General Introduction -- Hypothesis -- Structure -- Methodology -- 2 Socio-economic Rights as Normative and Justiciable Standards -- Introduction -- The Problematic -- The Dialectics -- A Synthesis -- Conclusion -- 3 Africa in the United Nations' Socio-economic Rights Framework -- Introduction -- 'In Larger Freedom' -- The Modern Magna Carta -- The Human Rights Covenants -- Other Specialised Treaties |
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Conclusion -- 4 Socio-economic Rights in Regional Africa -- Introduction -- Decades of Standard Setting -- Interrogating Rights -- Conclusion -- 5 Constitutionalising Socio-economic Rights -- Introduction -- Constitutionalising Rights -- Some Thematic Analysis -- Conclusion -- 6 The Concepts of Obligations and 'Minimum Core' -- Introduction -- States Obligations in International Law -- States Obligations in Municipal Law -- Typology of Obligations -- Progressive Realisation and the 'Minimum Core' -- The 'Good Faith' Principle -- Conclusion -- 7 Interpreting Socio-economic Rights -- Introduction |
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The Judicial Function -- Interpretive Methodologies -- Limits of Judicial Function -- Conclusion -- 8 Making Socio-economic Rights Work -- Summary -- From Vision to Reality -- Conclusion: 'Moonglow' -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000867992 |
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1000867994 |
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