Social rights and the constitutional moment : learning from Chile and international experiences / edited by Koldo Casla [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Contreras, Valentina, editor.

Sepúlveda, Magdalena, editor.

Silva, Vicente, editor.

Casla, Koldo, editor.

Series:

Human Rights Law in Perspective

Human Rights Law in Perspective.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Citizen participation--Chile.

Constitutional law.

Human rights--Chile.

Human rights.

Constitutional law--Citizen participation.

Chile--Politics and government--21st century.

Chile.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Hart Publishing, 2022

Summary:

Chile's constitutional moment began as a popular demand in late 2019.This collection seizes the opportunity of this unique moment to unpack the context, difficulties, opportunities, and merits to enhance the status of environmental and social rights (health, housing, education and social security) in a country's constitution.Learning from Chilean.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

List of Contributors

List of Cases

1. Introduction: Social Rights and the Constitutional Moment

2. Yesterday's Accomplices, Beneficiaries of Today: The Knots of Inequality Tied by the Dictatorship

3. An Open Constitution to Reverse Chile's Neoliberal Trajectory

4. Advancing Equal Rights in Constitutions: Insights from 193 Countries

5. Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa's Constitution: Aspirations, Achievements, Disappointments and Lessons

6. Publicity and the Rule of Law: Access to Public Information in the Political Constitution of Colombia

7. The Path of the Inter-American Court Towards Direct Justiciability of Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights: Impact on Domestic Legal Systems

8. Constitutional Provisions on Disability Rights: National Approaches and International Context

9. Persons with Disabilities in the Chilean Constitution-Making Process

10. The Right to Education in Chile: Evolution, Critical Issues and Perspectives of Change

11. Integrating the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education into the Constitution: Keys for the Chilean Process

12. Taking the Right to Adequate Housing Seriously in Chile's Next Constitution: Building from Scratch

13. Health Rights in the New Chilean Constitution

14. The Right to Social Security in Chile's Constitution: Considerations and Opportunities

15. Environmental Issues in a New Constitution

Bibliography

Index

Copyright Page.

ISBN:

1-5099-5190-3

1-5099-5192-X

OCLC:

1319211275