Social Rights Judgments and the Politics of Compliance
Making it Stick
Published on 10. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
546 pages
978-1-316-61331-3 (ISBN)
Description
The past few decades have witnessed an explosion of judgments on social rights around the world. However, we know little about whether these rulings have been implemented. Social Rights Judgments and the Politics of Compliance is the first book to engage in a comparative study of compliance of social rights judgments as well as their broader effects. Covering fourteen different domestic and international jurisdictions, and drawing on multiple disciplines, it finds significant variance in outcomes and reveals both spectacular successes and failures in making social rights a reality on the ground. This variance is strikingly similar to that found in previous studies on civil rights, and the key explanatory factors lie in the political calculus of defendants and the remedial framework. The book also discusses which strategies have enhanced implementation, and focuses on judicial reflexivity, alliance building and social mobilisation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
9 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
781 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-316-61331-3 (9781316613313)
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Malcolm Langford | Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito | Julieta Rossi
Social Rights Judgments and the Politics of Compliance
Making it Stick
Book
03/2017
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Malcolm Langford is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Universitetet i Oslo and Co-Director of the Centre on Law and Social Transformation, Chr. Michelsen Institute and Universitetet i Bergen, Norway. Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito is Executive Director of the Center for Law, Justice, and Society (Dejusticia) and Associate Professor of Law at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Julieta Rossi is Associate Professor at the Centre for Justice and Human Rights, National University of Lanus, and Researcher and advisor to the Human Rights Commission at the Legislature (Senator Chamber) of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Content
Part I. Overview: 1. Introduction: from jurisprudence to compliance Malcolm Langford, Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito and Julieta Rossi; 2. Explaining compliance: lessons learnt from civil and political rights Basak Cali and Anne Koch; 3. Beyond enforcement: assessing and enhancing judicial impact Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito; Part II. Case Studies: 4. Costa Rica: understanding variations in compliance Bruce M. Wilson and Olman A. Rodriguez L.; 5. Argentina: implementation of collective cases Martin Sigal, Julieta Rossi and Diego Morales; 6. Brazil: are collective suits harder to enforce? Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz; 7. Canada: systemic claims and remedial diversity Bruce Porter; 8. United States: education rights and the parameters of the possible Amanda Shanor and Cathy Albisa; 9. India: compliance with orders on the right to food Poorvi Chitalkar and Varun Gauri; 10. South Africa: rethinking enforcement narratives Malcolm Langford and Steve Kahanovitz; 11. The African human rights system and domestic enforcement Frans Viljoen; 12. Reproductive rights litigation: from recognition to transformation Luisa Cabal and Suzannah Phillips; 13. International housing rights and domestic prejudice: the case of Roma and Travellers Andi Dobrushi and Theodoros Alexandridis; Part III. Concluding Perspectives: 14. Solving the problem of (non)compliance in SE rights litigation Daniel M. Brinks.