Radical deprivation on trial :: the impact of judicial activism on socioeconomic rights in the Global South /

"This book is an empirical study of contributions by courts in the Global South to comparative constitutionalism. It offers an analytical and comparative framework for understanding these constitutional innovations and illustrates them with a detailed qualitative study of the most ambitious cas...

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Hauptverfasser: Rodríguez Garavito, César A. (VerfasserIn), Rodríguez Franco, Diana (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Schriftenreihe:Comparative constitutional law and policy.
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Zusammenfassung:"This book is an empirical study of contributions by courts in the Global South to comparative constitutionalism. It offers an analytical and comparative framework for understanding these constitutional innovations and illustrates them with a detailed qualitative study of the most ambitious case in constitutional adjudication in Latin America over the last decade: the Colombian Constitutional Court's structural injunction affecting the rights of over four million internally displaced people (IDPs) in Colombia, and its implementation process. While the ruling (known as T-025 in Colombia) was handed down in 2004, its monitoring process continues to this day. This book traces the case's evolution over the last ten years from its origin to its effects on law, policy, politics, and public opinion. The far-reaching insights from this case study will be of interest to scholars of comparative constitutionalism as well as leading constitutional courts in Latin America, Africa, and Asia"--
"Rights in the Global South: An Analytical Framework Shortly after 3:00 p.m. on Monday, July 28, 2014, Danelly Estupinan, a leading figure in the Afro-Colombian social movement, stepped up onto the platform of the Colombian Constitutional Court's courtroom in the heart of Bogota. Flanked by ten other representatives of victims of forced displacement, she addressed the three Court justices presiding over the hearing, as well as the nearly 100 of us who were packed into the room -journalists, state officials, activists, scholars and lawyers"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781316405789
1316405788
9781316406014
1316406016
9781316406939
1316406938

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