Social and Economic Rights and Constitutional Law

Socio-economic rights raise many complex challenges to the traditional understanding of the nature of human rights, the role of courts in democratic society and the nature of remedies.

This collection draws together the sophisticated and constructive solutions developed by the foremost thinkers to fully recognise socio-economic rights, demonstrating how traditional concepts and obstacles can be re-characterised and modified to ensure respect for the indivisibility of human rights.

This important collection provides crucial insights into the emerging and perennial challenges to socio-economic rights. Including an original introduction, it is an ideal resource for those new to the study of socio-economic rights, academics, policy makers and all those interested in using human rights to achieve social justice.

Edited by Sandra Fredman, Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and USA, Faculty of Law and Director, Oxford Human Rights Hub, Oxford and Meghan Campbell, Reader in International Human Rights Law, Faculty of Law, University of Birmingham, and Deputy-Director, Oxford Human Rights Hub, University of Oxford, UK