Readership: Scholars and students of Political Theory, Ethical and Moral Philosophy, Constitutional Law, lawyers and policy-makers
Cécile Fabre, Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford
"A stimulating and worthwhile read for anyone interested in social justice, constitutional rights or contemporary political theory. It contains challenging and thought-provoking analysis which may unsettle or, at the very least, question some common assumptions about social rights. Perhaps the greatest benefit of this book for public lawyers lies in her reliance on a rich philosophical literature of which United Kingdom public lawyers are sometimes unaware ... One of the book's merits is the seriousness with which Fabre takes her opponents and the attention she devotes to examining and sometimes refuting their arguments." - Journal of Law and Society
"Each chapter constitutes a carefully placed building block which, by the end, amount to a formidable defence of the idea that we should think of issues of social justice in terms of constitutional social rights." - Journal of Law and Society
Introduction Social rights Negative and positive rights Constitutional social rights Conclusion
