Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Code Cours
1920-FDL-LAW-EN-5034
Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
Mohammed Mohsin BHAT
Period

Présentation

Modalités

Forms of instruction

24h of interavtiv lectures

EVALUATION
Component Weightage
Response paper 35%
Final essay 50%
Class participation 15%

Evaluation
Examen : coeff. 1

Ressources

Bibliography

<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