Judging social rights
"States that now contemplate constitutional reform often grapple with the question of whether to constitutionalise social rights. This book presents an argument for why, under the right conditions, doing so can be a good way to advance social justice. In making such a case, the author considers...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
cop. 2012
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in constitutional law
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : aims and methods
- Part I. The Case for Constitutional Social Rights
- The case for social rights
- The value of courts in light of the alternatives
- A basic interpretive approach
- Part II. A Theory of Judicial Restraint
- Institutional approaches to judicial restraint
- Democratic legitimacy
- Polycentricity
- Expertise
- Flexibility
- Part III. Incrementalism
- Incrementalism as a general theme.
