Introduction: The elements of legalization and the triangular shape of social and economic rights

Courting Social Justice: Judicial Enforcement of Social and Economic Rights in the Developing World

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-37

  Gauri, Varun ^a   Brinks, Daniel M ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 81455157401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511511240.003     Document Type: Chapter

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