Courting social justice : judicial enforcement of social and economic rights in the developing world / edited by Varun Gauri, Daniel M. Brinks.

Other author Gauri, Varun, 1966-
Other author Brinks, Daniel M., 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Litigating for social justice in post-apartheid South Africa : a focus on health and education / Jonathan Berger -- Accountability for social and economic rights in Brazil / Florian F. Hoffmann and Fernando R.N.M. Bentes -- Courts and socioeconomic rights in India / Shylashri Shankar and Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- The impact of economic and social rights in Nigeria : an assessment of the legal framework for implementing education and health as human rights / Chidi Anselm Odinkalu -- The implementation of the rights to health care and education in Indonesia / Bivitri Susanti -- Transforming legal theory in the light of practice : the judicial application of social and economic rights to private orderings / Helen Hershkoff -- A new policy landscape : legalizing social and economic rights in the developing world / Daniel M. Brinks and Varun Gauri.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008014565
ISBN9780521873765 (hardback)
ISBN0521873762 (hardback)