Much has been written about the global convergence on constitutional supremacy, and the
corresponding rise of an apparently universal constitutional discourse, primarily visible in …

High Courts and Economic Governance in Argentina and Brazil analyzes how high courts
and elected leaders in Latin America interacted over neoliberal restructuring, one of the …

Constitutions around the world have come to protect a growing number of social rights. This
constitutionalization of social rights has generally been met with approval from academics …

While many find cause for optimism about the use of law and rights for progressive ends, the
academic literature has long been skeptical that courts favor the poor. We show that, with the …

The aim of this article is to test a widespread belief among Brazilian legal scholars in the
area of social rights, namely, the claim that courts are an alternative institutional voice for the …

In the summer of 2009, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica
began monitoring compliance with its direct orders in amparo and habeas corpus cases …

International courts have far-from-perfect records of compliance. States routinely delay the
implementation of policy changes necessary to come into line with international obligations …

The ongoing water crises in Detroit and Flint, Michigan, offer dramatic cases of retrogression
in realizing the human right to water—particularly striking in a region that enjoys access to …

While prior studies have suggested that legal strategies offer promising tools for social
accountability, the existing literature has not yet identified the underlying mechanisms that …

Courts of many countries have resorted to foreign legal materials when deciding upon hard
constitutional cases, but few have actually faced the question of whether they are justified in …