Constituting Economic and Social Rights

Zusatztext Katharine Young's book is both an ideal introduction to the discourse of social and economic rights and an important advance of the field. She offers a spirited defense of the possibility of a human rights practice that is both grounded and emancipatory. Skeptics will find that their reservations are extensively and fairly considered. Activists will find many provocative challenges to their conventional wisdom. All readers will be grateful for her lucid and lively exposition. Informationen zum Autor Dr Katharine Young is Associate Professor at Boston College Law School. She completed doctoral studies at Harvard Law School and law and arts degrees at Melbourne Law School. Dr Young has served as a Fellow at a number of interdisciplinary programs, including Amartya Sen's Project on Justice, Welfare and Economics at Harvard University. She has comparative professional experience in Australia, the United States, and in the United Nations legal system. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Katharine G. Young, Katharine G. (Associate Professor Young, Katherine G. Young, Young Katharine G.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9780199641932
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964193-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Oxford Constitutional Theory; Oxford Constitutional Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, LAW / International, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, Legal Reference / Law Profession, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social Law, Human rights, civil rights, Constitution: government & the state, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Social law and Medical law