| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 355 pages) |
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Oxford constitutional theory |
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Oxford constitutional theory.
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| Contents |
Introduction: the path to transformation -- pt. 1. Constituting rights by interpretation. Interpretive standpoints -- Interpreting the minimum -- Interpreting limits -- pt. 2. Constituting rights by enforcement. A typology of judicial review -- The catalytic court -- A comparative typology of courts -- pt. 3. Constituting rights by contestation. Social movements and economic and social rights -- The governance function of economic and social rights -- Conclusion: economic and social rights as human rights and constitutional rights |
| Summary |
Food, water, health, housing, and education are fundamental to human freedom and dignity, yet only recently have legal systems begun to secure these fundamental individual interests as rights. This book analyses the transformation of socio-economic rights into constitutional rights, and their impact on public law and constitutional theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Human Rights
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Human rights
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Economic, social and cultural rights.
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Human rights.
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International law and national law.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191746086 |
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0191746088 |
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9780191639739 |
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0191639737 |
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128365816X |
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9781283658164 |
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0191639745 |
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9780191639746 |
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