Health as a human right : the politics and judicialization of health in Brazil / Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferraz, Octávio Luiz Motta, 1971- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society.

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right to health--Brazil.

Right to health.

Political questions and judicial power--Brazil.

Political questions and judicial power.

Public health laws, International.

International law and human rights.

Medical care--Law and legislation--Brazil.

Medical care.

Human rights--Brazil.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 333 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Does human rights law work? This book engages in this heated debate through a detailed analysis of thirty years of the right to health - perhaps the most complex human right - in Brazil. Are Brazilians better off three decades after the enactment of the right to health in the 1988 Constitution? Has the flurry of litigation experienced in Brazil helped or harmed the majority of the population? This book offers an in-depth analysis of these complex and controversial questions grounded on a wealth of empirical data. The book covers the history of the recognition of health as a human right in the 1988 Constitution through the Sanitary Movement's campaign and the subsequent three decades of what Ferraz calls the politics and judicialization of health. It challenges positions of both optimists and sceptics of human rights law and will be of interest to those looking for a more nuanced analysis.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-59430-1

1-108-63603-9

1-108-67860-2

OCLC:

1255228712