The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a health and economic crisis of unprecedented
scope. As economists and policymakers turn to the task of recovery, protecting human rights …

Comparative exercises between constitutional law in Brazil and in Mexico may seem
destined to be exercises of identifying a reduced set of commonalities in an ocean of …

Legal and social movement scholars have long puzzled over the role of movements in
moving, being moved by, and changing the meanings of the law. But for decades, these two …

Welche Beziehungen bestehen zwischen politischem Handeln und Rechtsmobilisierung?
Die Autorin untersucht diese Frage empirisch am Beispiel der Konflikte um die …

The arrival of democracy in South Africa brought with it challenges that needed to be
addressed to overcome the inequalities of the past. To a significant degree, the …

As the 21st Century unfolds, the traditional welfare state that evolved during the 20th
Century faces serious threats to the solidarity that social programs were meant to strengthen …

This article excavates and analyses an early, feminist conversation about law that emerged
from foundational texts on Gender and Development (GAD). Rather than starting from …

The chapter attempts to clarify first the particular status that social rights possess and have
possessed in the light of their intellectual genealogy and their intrinsically problematic …

América Latina es la región donde los derechos socioeconómicos constitucionales se han
tomado más en serio. Existe un alto nivel de convergencia en torno a la idea de que los …

Today, social rights, which include the basic material requirements for a dignified life, are at
the core of the new human rights agenda. Recent international conventions that address the …