For an academic such as myself who has been researching access to social rights in the
United Kingdom (UK) social security system for ten years now, and who has been …

Decades after social rights were recognized as international human rights (IHR) under the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), constitutional …

The European Social Charter (ESC) is a Council of Europe treaty instrument which sets out
a range of binding legal obligations relating to the enjoyment of certain core social rights. 1 …

This thesis is concerned with those'social'rights that relate to the provision of the basic
necessities of life; that is the right to an adequate standard of living (including food, clothing …

When we organized a series of colloquia on the theme of social rights and markets in
Glasgow in 2012, it was with the explicit intention to explore whether such a relationship …

This chapter examines how social security entitlement has developed in the UK and the
legislative process through which Parliament scrutinises the implications of social policy …

'Debating Law'is a new series that gives scholarly experts the opportunity to offer contrasting
perspectives on significant topics of contemporary, general interest. In this second volume of …

A recurring set of puzzles in legal philosophy concerns the many ways in which law and
morality are related to one another. Depending on the answers she gives to these riddles, a …

This article considers the actual and potential role of the law in giving force to social rights
entitlement. It examines the strategic approach of the Disability Rights Commission in Britain …

Social Rights Under the Constitution is a book where philosophy, politics, and law meet.
Written by a political philosopher, it is mainly concerned with the normative desirability of …