This book addresses the pressing issue of severe poverty and inequality, and asks why violations of socio-economic rights are treated with less urgency than civil and political rights? It provides a sustained argument for placing renewed focus on socio-economic rights as a method of ensuring that governments address extreme poverty.
This book addresses the pressing issue of severe poverty and inequality, and asks why violations of socio-economic rights are treated with less urgency than civil and political rights? It provides a sustained argument for placing renewed focus on socio-economic rights as a method of ensuring that governments address extreme poverty.
David Bilchitz graduated cum laude from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 1997 with a BA (Hons) in Philosophy and in 1999 with a law degree (LLB). In 2000, he worked as law clerk to the current Chief Justice of South Africa, Pius Langa when the famous Grootboom case was decided. He graduated from St. John's College, University of Cambridge with an Mphil degree in Philosophy in 2001 and a PhD degree in 2004 with a thesis that combined political philosophy and constitutional law. He currently works for Ross Kriel Attorneys, a law firm that together with its sister organisation, Ashira Consulting, specialises in the law relating to the public sector. He is also a part-time lecturer in jurisprudence at the University of the Witwatersrand
Inhaltsangabe
* Preface * Introduction * 1: Towards a Thin Theory of the Good * 2: The Justification of Fundamental Rights * 3: Determining Our Unconditional Obligations * 4: Justifying Judicial Review of Fundamental Rights * 5: Judicial Review of Socio-Economic Rights in Practice: The Reasonableness Approach of the South Africa Constitutional Court and its Shortcomings * 6: Political Philosophy in Action: Developing the Minimum Core Approach to Socio-Economic Rights * 7: Conclusion: Policy Implications of the Minimum Core Approach * Bibliography * Index
* Preface * Introduction * 1: Towards a Thin Theory of the Good * 2: The Justification of Fundamental Rights * 3: Determining Our Unconditional Obligations * 4: Justifying Judicial Review of Fundamental Rights * 5: Judicial Review of Socio-Economic Rights in Practice: The Reasonableness Approach of the South Africa Constitutional Court and its Shortcomings * 6: Political Philosophy in Action: Developing the Minimum Core Approach to Socio-Economic Rights * 7: Conclusion: Policy Implications of the Minimum Core Approach * Bibliography * Index
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