Social and Economic Rights in Theory and Practice : Critical Inquiries (Hardcover)

Part 1: Perspectives  1. Critical Perspectives on Social and Economic Rights, Democracy and Separation of Powers, Karl Klare  2. Rights-Compromised or Rights-Savvy? The Use of Rights-Based Strategies to Advance Socio-Economic Struggles by Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African Shack-Dwellers’ Movement, Jackie Dugard, Tshepo Madlingozi and Kate Tissington  3. Resource Questions in Social and Economic Rights Enforcement: A Preliminary View, Lucy A. Williams   Part 2: Global Social and Economic Rights Practice: Limitations and Openings   Part 2a: Latin America   4. Distribution of Resources Led by Courts: A Few Words of Caution, Helena Alviar Garcia  5. Latin America Social Constitutionalism: Courts and Popular Participation, Natalia Angel-Cabo and Domingo Lovera Parmo  6. Deliberative Democracy, Dialogic Justice and the Promise of Social and Economic Rights, Roberto Gargarella  7. Between Activism and Deference: Social Rights Adjudication in the Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal, Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz   Part 2b: India   8. The Tension Between Property Rights and Social and Economic Rights: A Case Study of India, Namita Wahi  9. Claiming the Right to Safe Motherhood Through Litigation: The Indian Story, Sukti Dhital and Jayshree Satpute  Part 2c: South Africa  10. Democratising the Socio-Economic Rights-Enforcement Process, Lilian Chenwi 11. The Scope of the Judicial Role in the Enforcement of Social and Economic Rights: Limits and Possibilities Viewed From the South African Experience, Dennis M. Davis  Part 2d: Canada  12. Inclusive Interpretations: Social and Economic Rights and the Canadian Charter, Bruce Porter  Part 3: Looking Forward  13. Adjudicating Social and Economic Rights: Can Democratic Experimentalism Help?, Sandra Liebenberg and Katharine G. Young  14. The Constitutionalisation of Social and Economic Rights, Colm O’Cinneide  15. Constitutionally Binding Social and Economic Rights As a Compelling Idea: Reciprocating Perturbations in Liberal and Democratic Constitutional Visions, Frank I. Michelman