Most discussions of law and poverty are pitched at the national level and tacitly presume
what this paper terms" the Westphalian frame", which envisions the arena for addressing …

This chapter argues that poverty is created, maintained, and regulated. Global poverty
occupies a unique position as both the 'blind spot'and raison d'être of an international legal …

It is widely appreciated today that injustices can arise on different scales—some are
national, some regional, some global. Thus, the notion of a plurality of scales of justice is …

The aim of this paper is to consider what role the right to equality can and should play in
relation to poverty. Unlike socio-economic rights, which are still fighting for full recognition …

This collection of essays focuses attention on the global impact of legal policies on levels of
poverty. They illustrate the distinct dimensions of poverty in a range of different political and …

This volume brings to light a variety of previously ignored ways in which law can be central
to the causes and structure of poverty, and explores new legal arenas and theories that …

This book seeks to advance the emerging field of international poverty law. While law and
development discourse has dealt with international poverty, advocates of poverty reduction …

The juxtaposition of these three keywords—international development, global
impoverishment, and human rights—enables some meaningful conversation, and global …

This paper addresses the relationship between economic globalization and the theory and
practice of poverty law in the United States. It suggests that poverty law must be" …

This essay, which sets out to rethink the territorialization of poverty, emphasizes four ideas.
First, that the relationship between poverty and security has a long genealogy, and that this …