Attention to dignity is thriving in health. However, much of this recent discourse ignores the
broader scholarship pertaining to dignity. The purpose of this review is to synthesize a wide …

In the past decade, South Africa's" miracle transition" has been interrupted by waves of
protests in relation to basic services such as water and electricity. Less visibly, the post …

This fully revised and extended edition of James Nickel's classic study explains and defends
the contemporary conception of human rights. Combining philosophical, legal and political …

This book examines the concept of intersectional discrimination and why it has been difficult
for jurisdictions around the world to redress it in discrimination law.'Intersectionality'was …

This article considers anew the utility of rights-discourse in alleviating social hardship. It
revisits the Critical Legal Studies-inspired debates on the topic, but in the context of …

In this first textbook on international and European disability law and policy, Broderick and
Ferri analyse the interaction between different legal systems and sources. Guided by the …

Why do courts hold political power-holders accountable in some democratic and
democratizing countries, but not in others? And, why do some courts remain very timid while …

This chapter seeks to respond to challenge by identifying the principles upon which a
coherent and persuasive account of the conceptual foundations of a rights based approach …

This book aims to bolster the burgeoning discourse of health and human rights. In so doing,
it charts the history of the linkage between health and human rights. It also pinpoints the …

Since the end of apartheid, rights‐based languages of human dignity have often been
central to articulating state obligation and making claims on the state in South Africa. In this …