Courts and socioeconomic rights in India

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 146-182

  Shankar, Shylashri ^a   Mehta, Pratap Bhanu ^a  

^a Center for Policy Research   (India)

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EID: 84926976563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511511240.006     Document Type: Chapter

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