Constituting economic and social rights /

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...

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Main Author:	Young, Katharine G.
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Series:	Oxford constitutional theory.
Subjects:	Human rights. Human Rights Droits de l'homme (Droit international) POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights. Human rights Economic, social and cultural rights. International law and national law. Electronic books.
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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xix, 355 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index.
ISBN:	9780191746086 0191746088 9780191639739 0191639737 128365816X 9781283658164 0191639745 9780191639746