Constitutionalism of the global South : the activist tribunals of India, South Africa, and Colombia / / edited by Daniel Bonilla Maldonado.
"The Indian Supreme Court, the South African Constitutional Court, and the Colombian Constitutional Court have been among the most important and creative courts in the Global South. In Asia, Africa, and Latin America, these courts are widely seen as activist tribunals that have contributed (or...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 410 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction; Part II. Socio-economic Rights: 1. Constitutions and distributive justice: complimentary or contradictory? David Bilchitz; 2. The embedded negotiators: India's higher judiciary and socioeconomic rights Shylashri Shankar; 3. Economic and social rights, prisons, and the Colombian constitutional court Libardo Ariza; Part III. Cultural Diversity: 4. Cultural diversity, 'living law', and power: progress and contradictions Cathi Albertyn; 5. Keeping the faith: legitimizing democracy through judicial practices Gurpreet Mahajan; 6. Self-government and cultural identity: the Colombian constitutional court and the right to prior consultation Daniel Bonilla; Part IV. Access to Justice: 7. Courts and structural poverty in South Africa: has the constitutional court expanded access and remedies to the poor? Jackie Dugard; 8. Access to justice in India: the jurisprudence (and self-perception) of the Supreme Court Menaka Guruswamy and Bipin Aspatwa; 9. Access to constitutional justice in Colombia: opportunities and challenges for social and political change Manuel Iturralde.