Roberto Gargarella, Theunis Roux

Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies

An Institutional Voice for the Poor?
Herausgeber: Domingo, Pilar

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using case studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, India and Eastern Europe, this volume examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation for excluded sectors of society in contemporary democracies. With a focus on social rights litigation in post-authoritarian regimes or in the context of fragile state control, the authors assess the role of judicial processes in altering (or perpetuating) social and economic inequalities and power relations in society. Drawing on interdisciplinary expertise in the fields of law, political theory, and political science, the chapters address theoretical debates and present empirical case studies to examine recent trends in social rights litigation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781138264540
• ISBN-10: 1138264547
• Artikelnr.: 47270143

Autorenporträt

Roberto Gargarella is Professor at the Torcuato di Tella University and the University of Buenos Aires both in Argentina. He is also Researcher at the Christian Michelsen Institute, Norway. Pilar Domingo is Researcher at the Instituto de Estudios de Iberoamérica at the University of Salamanca, Spain. Theunis Roux is Director of the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law in South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword; Introduction
Pilar Domingo. Theory: Theories of democracy
the judiciary and social rights
Roberto Gargarella; Courts and social transformation: an analytical framework
Siri Gloppen; The changing role of law and courts in Latin America: from an obstacle to social change to a tool of social equity
Javier A. Couso. Case Studies: Social rights as middle-class entitlements in Hungary: the role of the constitutional court
András Sajó; The record of the South African constitutional court in providing an institutional voice for the poor: 1995-2004
Jackie Dugard and Theunis Roux; The Enforcement of social rights by the Colombian constitutional court: cases and debates
Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes; Courts and social transformation in India
R. Sudarshan; Judicial enforcement of social rights: perspectives from Latin America
Christian Courtis; Brazilian courts and social rights: a case study revisited
José Reinaldo de Lima Lopes; Courts under construction in Angola: what can they do for the poor?
Elin Skaar and José Octávio Serra Van-Dúnem; Weak courts
rights and legal mobilisation in Bolivia
Pilar Domingo; Courts
rights and social transformation: concluding reflections
Roberto Gargarella
Pilar Domingo and Theunis Roux. Bibliography; Index.