Courts That Matter - Activists, Judges, and the Politics of Rights Enforcement

"Courts around the world regularly issue rulings on the socioeconomic rights of citizens, but the impact of these decisions varies widely. This book compares the experiences of two very assertive high courts in Colombia and Argentina to examine the differing impacts of landmark socioeconomic rights decisions"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Co-producing judicial impact; 3. Collaborative oversight arenas; 4. Assessing the effects of monitoring mechanisms and legal constituencies; 5. Low impact cases; 6. Collaborative Monitoring in India; 7. Conclusions; 8. Appendices.

About the author

Sandra Botero is Associate Professor at Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia). She is the co-editor of The Limits of Judicialization: From Progress to Backlash in Latin America (2022).

Summary

Courts around the world regularly issue rulings on the socioeconomic rights of citizens, but the impact of these decisions varies widely. This book compares the experiences of two very assertive high courts in Colombia and Argentina to examine the differing impacts of landmark socioeconomic rights decisions.

Foreword

A comparative study of Colombian and Argentine high courts that examines the differing impacts of landmark socioeconomic rights rulings.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Botero, Sandra (Universidad Del Rosario Botero
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2023
• EAN: 9781009281997
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928199-7
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Argentina, Colombia, LAW / Courts, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Trial Practice, Politics & government, Politics and government, comparative law, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general