Nsongurua Udombana

Social and Economic Rights in Africa

International and Public Law Perspectives

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Social and economic rights have hitherto been marginalised in mainstream legal and political discourses and treated as second-class citizens in the human rights family. In recent years, these rights are receiving increasing attention in law and politics, arguably because they raise existential questions on human security and dignity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9781032412818
• ISBN-10: 103241281X
• Artikelnr.: 67261931

Autorenporträt

Nsongurua Udombana is Professor of Public International Law and, presently, affi liates with Topfaith University, Nigeria. He obtained the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Master of Laws (LLM) at the University of Lagos, and Doctor Legum (LLD) at the University of South Africa. A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCArb), Professor Udombana has been a member of the Nigerian Bar since 1989, besides membership of other professional bodies. He previously taught at Central European University (CEU), Budapest; York University, Ontario; and in several African universities, including the University of Lagos and Babcock University, both in Nigeria, and the University of Pretoria, as well as the Open University of Tanzania. A Genest Global scholar of the Osgoode Hall Law School for 2011-2012, Professor Udombana was formerly Director, CEU Centre for Human Rights; Dean of Law, University of Uyo, Nigeria; pioneer Pro-Chancellor, Ritman University, Nigeria; and member of Nigeria's National Conference in 2014. He writes and publishes on international law themes, with an Afrocentric perspective. He is a widely read scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Hypothesis
Structure
Methodology
Chapter 2
SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AS NORMATIVE AND JUSTICIABLE STANDARDS
Introduction
The Problematic
The Dialectics
A Synthesis
Conclusion
Chapter 3
AFRICA IN THE UNITED NATIONS' SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS FRAMEWORK
Introduction
'In Larger Freedom'
The Modern Magna Carta
The Human Rights Covenants
Other Specialised Treaties
Conclusion
Chapter 4
SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN REGIONAL AFRICA
Introduction
Decades of Standard Setting
Interrogating Rights
Conclusion
Chapter 5
CONSTITUTIONALISING SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Introduction
Constitutionalising Rights
Some Thematic Analysis
Conclusion
Chapter 6
THE CONCEPTS OF OBLIGATIONS AND 'MINIMUM CORE'
Introduction
States Obligations in International Law
States Obligations in Municipal Law
Typology of Obligations
Progressive Realisation and the 'Minimum Core'
The 'Good Faith' Principle
Conclusion
Chapter 7
INTERPRETING SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Introduction
The Judicial Function
Interpretive Methodologies
Limits of Judicial Function
Conclusion
Chapter 8
MAKING SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS WORK
Summary
From Vision to Reality
Conclusion: 'Moonglow'
Bibliography
Index