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With A Little Help From The Courts: Mark Tushnet On Judicial Review Of Social And Economic Rights, Adam Shinar

Adam Shinar

This is a review of Mark Tushnet's "Weak Courts, Strong Rights: Judicial Review and Social Welfare Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law". The review outlines the main arguments in the book and then moves to elaborate on two preconditions, which, I think, are necessary for Tushnet's project to succeed – the existence of a strong civil society and an institutional willingness to implement social welfare rights. In addition, this review seeks to situate the book within Tushnet's broader constitutional theory project. In particular, the review attempts to reconcile this work with Tushnet's "Taking the Constitution Away from the Courts", a work …