Human Rights and Public Finance

Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

This edited collection addresses some of the most important challenges in contemporary human rights law and practice. Its central theme is the linkage between public finance, particularly budget decisions, and the realisation (or not) of economic and social rights. While much academic and political debate on economic and social rights implementation has focused on the role of the courts, this work places the spotlight squarely on those organs of government that have the primary responsibility and the greatest capacity for giving effect to such rights: namely, the elected branches of government. The major actors considered in this book are politicians, public servants and civil society, with their role in realising economic and social rights the work's key focus. The book thus makes a crucial contribution to remedying the current imbalance in attention paid by economic and social rights scholars to the legislature and executive vis-a-vis the judiciary. Featuring pioneering work by leading experts in the field of human rights and public finance, this multidisciplinary collection will be of great interest to academics, practitioners, public servants and students working in the areas of law, human rights, economics, development and political science.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-10-21
Mått:156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt:576 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:274
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781841130118

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Mer om författaren

Aoife Nolan is Professor of International Human Rights Law at the School of Law, Nottingham University.Rory O'Connell is Professor of Human Rights and Constitutional Law at the Transitional Justice Institute/School of Law, University of Ulster.Colin Harvey is Professor of Human Rights Law, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast.

Recensioner i media

... identifying and clarifying what the obligations to work towards the full realisation of the [International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights] rights entail vis-à-vis public finance is an urgent task that deserves close attention from scholars as well as practitioners. Given the fundamental importance of social and economic rights and the political rhetoric of 'permanent austerity' in many countries the collection is timely, and it provides an important contribution to the on-going debates.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Aoife Nolan, Rory O'Connell and Colin HarveyI. FOUNDATIONSII. 1. Public Finance, Maximum Available Resources and Human Rights Diane Elson, Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz2. Putting ESR-Based Budget Analysis into Practice: Addressing the Conceptual Challenges Aoife Nolan3. Let Them Eat Cake: Socio-Economic Rights in an Age of Austerity Paul O'Connell4. Resourcing Rights: Combating Tax Injustice from a Human Rights Perspective Ignacio SaizIII. GOVERNANCEIV. 5. Recovering the History of Human Rights: Public Finances and Human Rights Rory O'Connell6. Better on the Margins? A Critique of Mainstreaming Economic and Social Rights Eoin Rooney and Colin HarveyIII. GROUP-SPECIFIC WORK7. Budget for Children Enakshi Ganguly Thukral8. Equality Proofing the Budget: Lessons from the Experiences of Gender Budgeting? Sheila QuinnIV. ANALYSIS IN ACTION9. The Right to Adequate Housing: A Case Study of the Social Housing Budget in Northern Ireland Eoin Rooney and Mira Dutschke10. Assessing the Impact of the Public Spending Cuts: Taking Human Rights and Equality Seriously James Harrison and Mary-Ann Stephenson