Children's socio-economic rights, democracy and the courts
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Children's socio-economic rights, democracy and the courts
（Human rights law in perspective / general editor, Colin Harvey, [v. 16]）
Hart, 2014
- : paperback
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"First published in 2011. Reprinted in paperback in 2014"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-284) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Aoife Nolan's important book uses constitutional and democratic theory, human rights, and case law from a variety of jurisdictions to show how the courts can and should give effect to children's socio-economic rights. Constituting a major contribution to scholarship, it is the first book to examine together children's socio-economic rights; children as democratic citizens; the implications of children's rights for democratic constitutional theory; the role of courts in ensuring the enforcement of children's rights and the debates surrounding the litigation and adjudication of socio-economic rights.
'Children's rights were often thought to be synonymous with economic and social welfare prior to the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. Ironically, since that time, remarkably little scholarship has been devoted to the vitally important economic and social rights dimensions of children's rights. Nolan's book singlehandedly remedies that neglect and does so in a sophisticated, nuanced and balanced way. It provides a superb account of the pros and cons of judicial activism in promoting these rights.'
Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy Professor, NYU Law School
Winner of the Kevin Boyle Book Prize 2012 for Outstanding Legal Scholarship
Table of Contents
1. Children and Socio-economic Rights
2. Children and Democracy
3. Exploring the 'Counter-Majoritarian Objection'
4. A Question of Balance? The Separation of Powers, Constitutional Supremacy and Children's Socio-economic Rights
5. The Issue of Efficacy
6. Using the Courts to Advance Children's Socio-economic Rights: Proceed with Caution?
7. Conclusions
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