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Constitutionalism of the global south : The activist tribunals of India, South Africa and Colombia

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Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013Description: 410p viiiISBN:
  • 9781107459403
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.115000 MAL
Contents:
Table of contents Part I. Introduction; Part II. Socio-economic Rights: 1. Constitutions and distributive justice: complementary or contradictory? David Bilchitz; 2. The embedded negotiators: India's higher judiciary and socioeconomic rights Shylashri Shankar; 3. Economic and social rights, prisons, and the Colombian constitutional court Libardo Ariza; Part III. Cultural Diversity: 4. Cultural diversity, 'living law', and power: progress and contradictions Cathi Albertyn; 5. Keeping the faith: legitimizing democracy through judicial practices Gurpreet Mahajan; 6. Self-government and cultural identity: the Colombian constitutional court and the right to prior consultation Daniel Bonilla; Part IV. Access to Justice: 7. Courts and structural poverty in South Africa: has the constitutional court expanded access and remedies to the poor? Jackie Dugard; 8. Access to justice in India: the jurisprudence (and self-perception) of the Supreme Court Menaka Guruswamy and Bipin Aspatwar; 9. Access to constitutional justice in Colombia: opportunities and challenges for social and political change Manuel Iturralde.
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Table of contents
Part I. Introduction;
Part II. Socio-economic Rights:
1. Constitutions and distributive justice: complementary or contradictory? David Bilchitz;
2. The embedded negotiators: India's higher judiciary and socioeconomic rights Shylashri Shankar;
3. Economic and social rights, prisons, and the Colombian constitutional court Libardo Ariza;
Part III. Cultural Diversity:
4. Cultural diversity, 'living law', and power: progress and contradictions Cathi Albertyn;
5. Keeping the faith: legitimizing democracy through judicial practices Gurpreet Mahajan;
6. Self-government and cultural identity: the Colombian constitutional court and the right to prior consultation Daniel Bonilla; Part IV. Access to Justice:
7. Courts and structural poverty in South Africa: has the constitutional court expanded access and remedies to the poor? Jackie Dugard;
8. Access to justice in India: the jurisprudence (and self-perception) of the Supreme Court Menaka Guruswamy and Bipin Aspatwar;
9. Access to constitutional justice in Colombia: opportunities and challenges for social and political change Manuel Iturralde.