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Access to Social Justice

Effective Remedies for Social Rights

By Katie Boyle, Diana Camps, Kirstie English, Jo Ferrie, Aidan Flegg and Gaurav Mukherjee

Published

Jan 31, 2025

Page count

240 pages

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Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice

ISBN

978-1529237917

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Jan 31, 2025

Page count

240 pages

Browse the series

Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice

ISBN

978-1529237931

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Jan 31, 2025

Page count

240 pages

Browse the series

Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice

ISBN

978-1529237924

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Access to Social Justice

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

This book proposes a conception of social justice according to international human rights law. Social rights include everyday rights such as housing, food, fuel and social security.

Drawing on extensive research with frontline practitioners, the book frames access to social justice as a journey that should end with the realisation of an effective remedy. It highlights discourses that marginalise and disempower rights holders and reclaims the narrative around social rights as legal rights.

This is a unique contribution to our understanding of access to social justice from a social rights perspective complete with key recommendations for policy and practice.

Katie Boyle is Chair of Human Rights Law and Social Justice at the University of Strathclyde.

Diana Camps is Lecturer in Education at the University of Glasgow.

Kirstie English is Lecturer at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow.

Jo Ferrie is Professor of Sociology at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow.

Aidan Flegg is PhD Researcher at the University of Glasgow.

Gaurav Mukherjee is a Postdoctoral Global Fellow at New York University School of Law.

1. Access to Social Justice

2. The International Human Rights Framework for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

3. What Our Case Studies Told Us About Social Rights in Each Part of the UK

4. The Access to Justice Journey: Violation To Remedy

5. Challenging Discourses That Marginalize: Reclaiming the Narrative