Exploring Social Rights : Between Theory and Practice.

New Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Table of Cases -- Legislation and LegislativeInstruments -- 1 Introduction: Do We Need SocialRights? -- Part I Theoretical Perspectives on Social Rights -- 2 The Constitution, Social Rights and Liberal Political Justification -- I INTRODUCTION: THE TERMS OF DEBATE -- II SOCIAL RIGHTS AND CONVENTIONAL JUDICIAL REVIEW -- III LAWS AND REMEDIES -- IV THE CONSTITUTIONAL-CONTRACTARIAN CASE FORSOCIAL RIGHTS -- V THE DEMOCRATIC OBJECTION -- VI THE CONTRACTARIAN OBJECTION -- VII CONSTITUTIONAL CONTRACTARIANISM IN A BIND: THE MOVE TO PUBLIC REASON -- 3 Failed Decolonisation and the Futureof Social Rights: Some Preliminary Reflections -- I PREFATORY -- II THE 'SOCIAL' -- III DIFFERENT POSITIONINGS -- IV THE 'GLOBAL SOCIAL' -- V 'FAILED DECOLONISATION' AND SOCIAL RIGHTS -- 4 'If you don't pay, you die': On Death and Desire in the Postcolony -- I ON POSTCOLONIAL LAWMAKING -- II SOUNDINGS -- III TACTICS -- IV QUESTIONS -- V ON ELUDING THE 'REAL' -- Part II Global and Regional Perspectives on Social Rights -- 5 Stuck in a Moment in Time: TheInternational Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- I INTRODUCTION -- II CONCRETISING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS: THE INTERPRETIVE EFFORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ONECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS -- III COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT I: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JUDICIAL OR QUASI-JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF ESR AT THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL -- IV COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT II: THE REDISTRIBUTIVE IMPLICATIONS OF FIRST GENERATION RIGHTS -- V CONCLUSIONS: LEGITIMACY CONSIDERATIONS AND PRAGMATIC GUIDELINES -- 6 Social Rights and Social Policy -- I INTRODUCTION -- II SITUATING SOCIAL RIGHTS -- III GLOBAL ECONOMIC INEQUALITY -- IV TRANSFORMING LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS ANDSOCIAL POLICY: THE OECD JOBS STRATEGIES, 1994 AND 2006.

V ASSESSING THE JOBS STRATEGY -- VI CONCLUSION -- 7 Indirect Protection of Social Rightsby the European Court of HumanRights -- I INTRODUCTION -- II INTERPRETING THE SCOPE OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS -- II PROCEDURAL PROTECTION -- III NON-DISCRIMINATION WITH REGARD TO SOCIAL RIGHTS -- IV CONCLUSION -- Part III National Perspectives on Social Rights -- 8 Social Rights Litigation in India -- I INTRODUCTION -- II SOCIAL RIGHTS IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION -- III THE RIGHT TO FOOD -- IV THE RIGHT TO HOUSING -- V THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION -- VI CONCLUSION -- 9 Socio-Economic Rights: The Promise and Limitation -- I NATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION -- II THE ADJUDICATION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS WITHIN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION: THE EARLY STEPS -- III THE EARLY CASES: AN EVALUATION -- IV HAS THE CONSTITUTIONALISATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS FULFILLED ITS PROMISE? -- V CONCLUSION -- 10 Social Rights in Canada -- I INTRODUCTION -- II FEDERAL DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY -- III DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL RIGHTS -- IV ICESCR AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION -- V CONCLUSION -- 11 Social Citizenship -- I BACKGROUND: INCREMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM AN UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION TO A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION -- II THE BASIC LAWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE NEGLECTED STATUS OF SOCIAL RIGHTS -- III SOCIAL RIGHTS AND QUESTIONS OF CONSTITUTIONALINTERPRETATION -- IV RIVAL VIEWS IN THE SUPREME COURT'S EARLY JUDGMENTS ON SOCIAL RIGHTS -- V THE DEROGATION OF SOCIAL RIGHTS IN LEGISLATION AND THE LIMITS OF JUDICIAL REVIEW -- VI EQUALITY AND SOCIAL RIGHTS -- VII THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND THE EVOLVING OPENNESS TOWARDS SOCIAL RIGHTS -- VIII THE EQUILIBRIUM OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND SOCIALRIGHTS -- IX SOCIAL RIGHTS AND THE BOUNDARIES OF ISRAELI CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- X CONCLUSION -- Part IV Implementing Specific Social Rights.

12 The Many Faces of the Right toEducation -- I INTRODUCTION: THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION INCOMPARISON WITH OTHER SOCIAL RIGHTS -- II THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION -- III CHALLENGES TO THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION-FROM OUTSIDE AND WITHIN -- IV CONCLUSION -- 13 The Right to Health in an Era of Privatisation and Globalisation -- I INTRODUCTION: THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AS A HUMAN RIGHT -- II WHAT IS THE RIGHT TO HEALTH? -- III RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AT THE STATE LEVEL: COMPARATIVE LAW AND THE ROLE OF COURTS -- IV GLOBALISATION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: HEALTH RIGHTS VERSUS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS -- V CONCLUSION: PUBLIC HEALTH RIGHTS IN AN ERA OF GLOBALISATION AND PRIVATISATION -- 14 The Right to Work-The Value of Work -- I INTRODUCTION -- II THE VALUES UNDERLYING THE RIGHT TO WORK -- III THE RIGHT TO WORK-THE RIGHT TO BE EXPLOITED -- IV THE RIGHT TO WORK OUTSIDE THE LABOUR MARKET-GENDER AND AGE ISSUES -- V THE RIGHT TO WORK AS A DUTY? -- VI SUMMING UP THE PARTS: THE RIGHT TO WORK OR BASIC INCOME? -- VII CONCLUSION-GENERAL COMMENT NO 18 AND THE RIGHT TO WORK -- Part V Social Rights of Special Groups -- 15 The Social Rights of People with Disabilities -- I SOCIAL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS-NEW DISCOURSES, NEW CRITIQUES -- II THE SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY AND THE RIGHTS DISCOURSE -- III THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES-SALIENCE OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS -- IV THE CRITIQUE OF THE SOCIAL/RIGHTS MODEL -- V INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES -- VI SOCIAL RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: BRINGING TOGETHER CARE AND JUSTICE -- 16 Social Rights as Women's Rights -- I BETWEEN CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS -- II BETWEEN ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND SOCIAL RIGHTS -- III SOCIAL RIGHTS AS A FEMINIST ISSUE -- IV WHO ARE THE WOMEN CLAIMING SOCIAL RIGHTS?.

V SOCIAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL LAW -- VI SOCIAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN PRACTICE: PROBLEMS OF DISCRIMINATION -- VII SOCIAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN AS WORKERS -- VIII SOCIAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND SOCIAL RIGHTS OF CHILDREN -- Index.

Exploring Social Rights looks into the theoretical and practical implications of social rights.

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