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Adjudicating Non-Justiciable Rights: Socio-Economic Rights And The South African Constitutional Court, Eric C. Christiansen
Adjudicating Non-Justiciable Rights: Socio-Economic Rights And The South African Constitutional Court, Eric C. Christiansen
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This paper begins with an examination of social rights in the South African constitutional drafting process. Following a review of the traditional arguments against the justiciability of socio-economic rights, it then examines the South African Constitutional Court cases addressing social rights, focusing on four primary cases: the antecedent case Ex parte Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly: In re Certification of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and three substantive social rights cases, Thiagraj Soobramoney v Minister of Health, KwaZulu-Natal, Government of Republic of South Africa v Irene Grootboom and Others, and Minister of Health v Treatment Action …
Exporting South Africa's Social Rights Jurisprudence, Eric C. Christiansen
Exporting South Africa's Social Rights Jurisprudence, Eric C. Christiansen
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One of the most distinctive elements of South Africa’s jurisprudence has been its willingness to adjudicate socio-economic rights in addition to traditional civil and political rights. While the advancement of social welfare as a whole has clearly proceeded at a far slower pace than political equality, the Constitutional protection of social rights and its enforcement by the Court continues to inspire social justice advocates in their work within South Africa and abroad. Indeed, despite the as-yet inadequate advancement of substantive socio-economic equality, much can be praised about the South African Constitutional project—and much can be learned from it. Particularly, much …
Sending The Self-Execution Doctrine To The Executioner, Aya Gruber
Sending The Self-Execution Doctrine To The Executioner, Aya Gruber
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A Domestic Right Of Return?: Race, Rights, And Residency In New Orleans In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Katrina, Lolita Buckner Inniss
A Domestic Right Of Return?: Race, Rights, And Residency In New Orleans In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Katrina, Lolita Buckner Inniss
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This article begins with a critical account of what occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This critique serves as the backdrop for a discussion of whether there are international laws or norms that give poor, black Katrina victims the right to return to and resettle in New Orleans. In framing this discussion, this article first briefly explores some of the housing deprivations suffered by Katrina survivors that have led to widespread displacement and dispossession. The article then discusses two of the chief barriers to the return of poor blacks to New Orleans: the broad perception of a race-crime nexus …
Indigenous Law And Its Contribution To Global Pluralism, James Anaya
Indigenous Law And Its Contribution To Global Pluralism, James Anaya
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Who's Afraid Of Geneva Law?, Aya Gruber
Who's Afraid Of Geneva Law?, Aya Gruber
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According to many internationalists, the terrorism detention cases Hamdi v. Rumsfeld and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld are exemplary of a movement on the part of the Supreme Court toward greater incorporation of and respect for international law. Recent death penalty cases, statements of individual justices, and the increasing transnationalism of the Court's docket have lead many to believe, as Justice Ginsburg does, that the Court's "island or lone ranger mentality is beginning to change." This Article takes the contrary position that Hamdi and Hamdan are not internationalist because of their meticulous avoidance of the issue of Geneva Convention self-execution. Briefly, the …
Keynote Address: Indigenous Peoples And Their Mark On The International Legal System, S. James Anaya
Keynote Address: Indigenous Peoples And Their Mark On The International Legal System, S. James Anaya
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