Social and Economic Rights in Theory and Practice: Critical Inquiries

344 Pages·2014·2.118 MB·English

by  Helena Alviar Garcia, Karl Klare, Lucy A. Williams

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Social and Economic

Rights in Theory and Practice
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Helena Alviar García is Profesora Titular and Dean of the Faculty of
Law at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
Karl Klare is the George J. & Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished
University Professor at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston,
USA.
Lucy A. Williams is Professor of Law at Northeastern University School
of Law, Boston, USA. She is a co-director of the Project on Human Rights
and the Global Economy at Northeastern University School of Law and is
the convener of iSERP.
Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
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Human Rights in the Asia-Pacifi c Region
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Gauthier de Beco
The Positive Obligations of the State under the
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Dimitris Xenos
Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights
International Standards and Comparative Experiences
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Applying an International Human Rights Framework
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Human Rights Law in Europe
The Infl uence, Overlaps and Contradictions of the EU and the ECHR
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Nomadic Peoples and Human Rights
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Human Rights Law and Personal Identity
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In Pursuit of Human Rights
NGOs, Pedagogy and Praxis in Grassroots Africa
Joanne Coysh
Indigenous Peoples, Title to Territory and Resources
The Transformative Role of Free Prior & Informed Consent
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Social and Economic
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