The papers collected in this volume are the outcomes of roundtable around the theme: Re-thinking Socio-Economic Rights in an Insecure World. The roundtable brought together scholars and human rights practitioners from different regions to reflect on the following questions relating to social and economic rights, particularly in the context of the global insecurity. Contents Preface Part One: SOME CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS Introduction - Wiktor Osiatynski The Horizontal Priority of Economic Rights - Filip Spagnoli Part Two: AN ACCOUNT OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION Socio-Economic Rights in the Constitution for Europe: Between Symbolism and Legal Realism - Violeta Beširević Grand Promises in the Face of High Expectations: Welfare Rights in Hungarian Constitutional Jurisprudence - Renata Uitz Social and Economic Rights in the Jurisprudence of the Bulgarian Constitutional Court - Daniel Smilov Litigating for Socio-Economic Rights on National and International Level: Problems of Standing and Legal Strategies - Anita Soboleva Part Three: SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES The Patrimonial States and Socio-economic Rights in Africa - Nsongurua Udombana Socio-economic Factors of Conflicts - Countering the Risks - Vidan Hadži-Vidanović Part Four: SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS Roma Rights, Racial Discrimination and ESC Rights - Claude Cahn List of Contributors Index |
"Re-thinking Socio-economic Rights in an Insecure World" by Nsongurua Udombana and Violeta Beširević
