Children's Socio-Economic Rights, Democracy And The Courts

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-84946-727-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

Aoife Nolan's important book uses constitutional and democratic theory, human rights, and case law from a variety of jurisdictions to show how the courts can and should give effect to children's socio-economic rights. Constituting a major contribution to scholarship, it is the first book to examine together children's socio-economic rights; children as democratic citizens; the implications of children's rights for democratic constitutional theory; the role of courts in ensuring the enforcement of children's rights and the debates surrounding the litigation and adjudication of socio-economic rights.

'Children's rights were often thought to be synonymous with economic and social welfare prior to the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. Ironically, since that time, remarkably little scholarship has been devoted to the vitally important economic and social rights dimensions of children's rights. Nolan's book singlehandedly remedies that neglect and does so in a sophisticated, nuanced and balanced way. It provides a superb account of the pros and cons of judicial activism in promoting these rights.'

Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy Professor, NYU Law School

Winner of the Kevin Boyle Book Prize 2012 for Outstanding Legal Scholarship

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nolan, Aoife

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Children and Socio-economic Rights

2. Children and Democracy

3. Exploring the 'Counter-Majoritarian Objection'

4. A Question of Balance? The Separation of Powers, Constitutional Supremacy and Children's Socio-economic Rights
5. The Issue of Efficacy

6. Using the Courts to Advance Children's Socio-economic Rights: Proceed with Caution?

7. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Nolan, Aoife
Aoife Nolan is Professor of International Human Rights Law at the School of Law, Nottingham University and was previously a Senior Lecturer at Durham Law School.