Access to Social Justice
Effective Remedies for Social Rights
By Katie Boyle, Diana Camps, Kirstie English, Jo Ferrie, Aidan Flegg and Gaurav Mukherjee
ISBN
978-1529237917Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529237931Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529237931Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529237924Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
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.
“Conceiving of social justice as a journey that should end with an effective remedy, this important book draws on practitioner perspectives across the UK to carefully pinpoint obstacles to social justice and consider how these may be overcome.” Anashri Pillay, Durham University
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: From Violation To Remedy
5. Challenging Discourses That Marginalize: Reclaiming the Narrative
