Jeff King

Judging Social Rights

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jeff King argues in favour of constitutionalising social rights, and presents an incrementalist approach to judicial enforcement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9781107400320
• ISBN-10: 1107400325
• Artikelnr.: 34885503

Autorenporträt

Jeff King is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Laws, University College London, where he teaches public law, human rights and legal theory.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Aims and methods
Part I. The Case for Constitutional Social Rights: 2. The case for social rights
3. The value of courts in light of the alternatives
4. A basic interpretive approach
Part II. A Theory of Judicial Restraint: 5. Institutional approaches to judicial restraint
6. Democratic legitimacy
7. Polycentricity
8. Expertise
9. Flexibility
Part III. Incrementalism: 10. Incrementalism as a general theme.