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Présentation
Social and economic rights, often in the form of ‘positive’ constitutional obligations,
have emerged as an important ingredient of the global model of contemporary domestic
constitutions. This course is designed as an introductory 24-hours seminar course on
these rights for graduate law students.
The students will be introduced to the comparative variation, textual design and
jurisprudential diversity of these rights during the course of 9 modules. The students will
be invited to study case studies by focusing on specific rights across jurisdictions and
multiple rights within each jurisdiction. These intersecting case studies will offer an
opportunity to the students to analyse how discrete socio-economic rights (for example,
the right to education, health, housing) are interpreted and enforced in a comparative
context. They will also allow them to cultivate familiarity with discrete jurisdictional
contexts (for example, South Africa, India, Colombia).
The course will also give an opportunity to students to ask two questions that run as a
theme throughout this course: what makes constitutional socio-economic rights legitimate
and to what extent are they efficacious? In terms of legitimacy, the students will be
invited to focus on philosophical theories of socio-economic and positive rights, limits of
judicial enforcement and theories of constitutional interpretation. In terms of efficacy, the
students will be invited to focus on whether and to what extent the demand (viz. civil
groups, social movements, individuals or institutions) and supply (viz. constitutional text,
court structure, political structure, institutional and legal culture) sides of socio-economic rights litigation result in success.
Modalités
24h of interavtiv lectures
EVALUATION
Component Weightage
Response paper 35%
Final essay 50%
Class participation 15%
Ressources
<strong>COURSE STRUCTURE</strong>|| <strong></strong>, <strong>Module I: Introduction</strong>, Class 1:|| Brinks, Daniel M., Varun Gauri, and Kyle Shen. "Social rights constitutionalism:, negotiating the tension between the universal and the particular." Annual Review of Law, and Social Science 11 (2015): 289-308; pp. 2-6. [5 pages]|| Jung, Courtney, Ran Hirschl, and Evan Rosevear. "Economic and social rights in national, constitutions." The American Journal of Comparative Law 62, no. 4 (2014): 1043; pp., 1049-1062 [14 pages]|| Gauri, Varun, and Daniel M. Brinks. "Introduction: The elements of legalization and the, triangular shape of social and economic rights." in Gauri, Varun, and Daniel M. Brinks,, eds. "Courting social justice: judicial enforcement of social and economic rights in the, developing world." (2008); pp. 14-25. [12 pages]|| , <strong>Module II: Philosophical Foundations and Objections</strong>, Class 2: , Berlin, Isaiah. "Two concepts of liberty." (1958); pp. 168-172, 178-181, 208-9, 216-7. [9, pages]|| Sen, Amartya. "Elements of a theory of human rights." In Justice and the Capabilities, Approach, pp. 221-262. Routledge, 2017; pp. 330-348 [19 pages]|| Class 3: , Judith Lichtenberg. Are there any Basic Rights?. in Beitz, Charles R., and Robert E., Goodin, eds. Global basic rights. Oxford University Press, 2009; pp. 72-88 [16 pages]|| Michelman, Frank I. "The constitution, social rights, and liberal political justification.", International Journal of Constitutional Law 1, no. 1 (2003): 13; pp. [22 pages]|| , <strong>Module III: Variations in Modes of Incorporation</strong>, Class 4: , Menell, Natasha G. "Judicial Enforcement of Socioeconomic Rights: A Comparison, between Transformative Projects in India and South Africa." Cornell Int'l LJ 49 (2016):, 723; pp. 728-732 [5 pages]|| , <strong>Module IV: South Africa and the Right to Housing</strong>, Class 5: , Kent Roach, The Challenges of Crafting Remedies for Violations of Socio-economic, Rights. in Langford, Malcolm. "Social rights jurisprudence." Emerging Trends in, International and Comparative Law (2008): 46; pp. 52-56 [5 pages]|| Government of South Africa v. Grootboom, Case CCT 11/00, 4 Oct. 2000, ¶¶ 4-13, 19-, 21, 24, 30-46, 53-54, 93-99 [12 pages]|| Rosalind Dixon, ‘Creating Dialogue about Socio-Economic Rights: Strong-Form Versus, Weak-Form Judicial Review Revisited’ (2007) 5 International Journal of Constitutional, Law 391, pp. 398-415 [17 pages]|| , <strong>Module V: The Right to Health – Comparing South Africa, Columbia and</strong>, <strong>European Union</strong>, Class 6: , Minister of Health and others (Appellants) v. Treatment Action Campaign and others, (Respondents) (Case CCT 9/02) Constitutional Court of South Africa [10 pages]|| Bilchitz, David. "Towards a Reasonable Approach to the Minimum Core: Laying the, Foundations for Future Socio-Economic Rights Jurisprudence." S. Afr. J. on Hum. Rts., 19 (2003): 1; pp. 10-18 [8 pages]|| Magdalena Sepúlveda, ‘Colombia’, in Malcolm Langford (ed.), Social Rights, Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in Comparative and International Law (2008); pp. 144-, 149 [5 pages]|| Judgment T-760/08 July 31, 2008 (Second Review Chamber of the Colombian, Constitutional Court); ¶¶ (3.2.2), (3.3.1)- (3.3.2), (3.3.6)- (3.3.7), (3.3.15), (3.4.2.9.3),, (4.1.3), (4.2.2), (4.4.1), (4.4.5.3), (9).|| Young, Katharine G., and Julieta Lemaitre. "The comparative fortunes of the right to, health: Two tales of justiciability in Colombia and South Africa." Harv. Hum. Rts. J. 26, (2013): 179; pp. 184-210|| Valentina Pentiacova v. Moldova (2005), Application no. 14462/03, admissibility, decision dated 4 January 2005; pp. 1-5, 6-7, 8-11, 12-14 (12 pages)|| , <strong>Module VI: India – A Case Study of Governance Courts</strong>, Class 8: , Abeyratne, Rehan. "Socioeconomic rights in the Indian constitution: toward a broader, conception of legitimacy." Brook. J. Int'l L. 39 (2014): 1; p