Download or read book Economic Rights in Canada and the United States written by Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers in Western developed countries are most familiar with abuses of political and civil rights, but the international human rights regime also embraces a set of laws regarding economic rights. These rights include the right to work and to just and favorable working conditions; the right to join and form trade unions; the right to social security; specific rights for the family; the right to an adequate standard of living, including food, clothing, housing, and "the continuous improvement of living conditions"; and the right to "the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health." In original essays by scholars senior and junior, this volume explains how these rights are realized—or violated—in Canada and the United States. Contributors analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of economic rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the rights of people with disabilities. Central to the problems of both countries are the human rights abuses evident in all contemporary capitalist societies. When the inequalities among citizens are not cushioned by a national commitment to economic rights, or when governments fail to maintain social safety nets for all citizens, economic rights are at risk. Contributors consider the problem from the perspective of their own countries: Canada, the United States, and, for contrast, the Netherlands. They do so in order to explore whether their own countries fall short of meeting international standards of economic rights. They also address the criticism often made by non-Western scholars of human rights—that their Western colleagues preach human rights abroad without regard to the human rights flaws at home.

Download or read book Seeking Equality written by John C Harles and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: « Seeking Equality compares economic inequality in the United States and Canada, North American neighbors with much in common--socially, politically, and economically--yet whose contemporary populations are marked by significant differences of material well-being. This book surveys the data and explores the policy decisions that have influenced discrete economic outcomes. It also discusses why a yawning gap between the very rich and the rest should be a cause for civic anxiety ... and what can be done about it. Income inequality has increased in almost all advanced industrial economies over the past thirty-five years. Canada and the United States have been at the forefront of this trend, though the gap between the haves and the have-nots is substantially greater in the US. In addition, rates of social mobility are much lower in the United States, making it harder for Americans than Canadians to move up the ladder of economic success independent of who their parents happen to be. In Seeking Equality, John Harles considers the factors accounting for these cross-border differences. He surveys in considerable detail what is known about economic inequality in Canada and the United States and compares the respective political values that both shape and are shaped by ameliorative public policies. Whereas the claims of equality are persuasive in both countries, the US has further to go in achieving a society in which an accident of birth is not the main determinant of an individual's economic well-being. Given that Canada has done a better job of producing a greater equality in economic outcomes for its citizens, Americans can learn from the Canadian experience »--

Download or read book The Future of Economic and Social Rights written by Katharine G. Young and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures significant transformations in the theory and practice of economic and social rights in constitutional and human rights law.

Download or read book Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant written by United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The State of Economic and Social Human Rights written by Lanse Minkler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original scholarship on economic and social human rights from cutting-edge scholars in the fields of economics, law, political science, sociology and anthropology.

Download or read book The Constitution Act 1982 written by Canada and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Human Rights and Economic Inequalities written by Gillian MacNaughton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary volume examines the potential of human rights to challenge economic inequalities and their adverse impacts on human wellbeing.

Download or read book Vindicating Socio Economic Rights written by Paul O'Connell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notwithstanding the widespread and persistent affirmation of the indivisibility and equal worth of all human rights, socio-economic rights continue to be treated as the "Cinderella" of the human rights corpus. At a domestic level this has resulted in little appetite for the explicit recognition and judicial enforcement of such rights in constitutional democracies. The primary reason for this is the prevalent apprehension that the judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights is fundamentally at variance with the doctrine of the separation of powers. This study, drawing on comparative experiences in a number of jurisdictions which have addressed (in some cases more explicitly than others) the issue of socio-economic rights, seeks to counter this argument by showing that courts can play a substantial role in the vindication of socio-economic rights, while still respecting the relative institutional prerogatives of the elected branches of government. Drawing lessons from experiences in South Africa, India, Canada and Ireland, this study seeks to articulate a "model adjudicative framework" for the protection of socio-economic rights. In this context the overarching concern is to find some role for the courts in vindicating socio-economic rights, while also recognising the importance of the separation of powers and the primary role that the elected branches of government must play in protecting and vindicating such rights. The text incorporates discussion of the likely impact and significance of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and looks at the implications of the Mazibuko decision for the development of South Africa’s socio-economic rights jurisprudence.

Download or read book Consideration of Reports Submitted by the States Parties Unders Articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant written by United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Merger Of The Century written by Diane Francis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No two nations in the world are as integrated, economically and socially, as are the United States and Canada. We share geography, values and the largest unprotected border in the world. Regardless of this close friendship, our two countries are on a slow-motion collision course—with each other and with the rest of the world. While we wrestle with internal political gridlock and fiscal challenges and clash over border problems, the economies of the larger world change and flourish. Emerging economies sailed through the meltdown of 2008. The International Monetary Fund forecasts that by 2018, China's economy will be bigger than that of the United States; when combined with India, Japan and the four Asian Tigers—South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong--China's economy will be bigger than that of the G8 (minus Japan). Rather than continuing on this road to mutual decline, our two nations should chart a new course. Bestselling author Diane Francis proposes a simple and obvious solution: What if the United States and Canada merged into one country? The most audacious initiative since the Louisiana Purchase would solve the biggest problems each country expects to face: the U.S.'s national security threats and declining living standards; and Canada's difficulty controlling and developing its huge land mass stemming from a lack of capital, workers, technology and military might. Merger of the Century builds both a strong political argument and a compelling business case, treating our two countries not only as sovereign entities but as merging companies. We stand on the cusp of a new world order. Together, by marshalling resources and combining efforts, Canada and America have a greater chance of succeeding. As separate nations, the future is in much greater doubt indeed.

Download or read book Consideration of Reports Submitted by State Parties Under Articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant written by United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Rights written by Shareen Hertel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-20 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses economic rights: defined as the right to a decent standard of living, the right to work, and the right to basic income support for people who cannot work. It explains how economic rights evolved historically, how they are measured, and how they can be implemented internationally. The book includes chapters by leading scholars in economics, law, and political science. Unlike many other books on the subject, this one includes a substantial introduction and is tightly organized around three themes: concepts, measurement, and policy implementation of economic rights.

Download or read book Economic and Social Justice written by David A. Shiman and published by Amnesty International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 10, 1998, the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The U.S. Constitution possesses many of the political and civil rights articulated in the UDHR. The UDHR, however, goes further than the U.S. Constitution, including many social and economic rights as well. This book addresses the social and economic rights found in Articles 16 and 22 through 27 of the UDHR that are generally not recognized as human rights in the United States. The book begins with a brief history of economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as an essay, in question and answer format, that introduces these rights. Although cultural rights are interrelated and of equal importance as economic and social rights, the book primarily addresses justice regarding economic and social problems. After an introduction, the book is divided into the following parts: (1) "Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Fundamentals"; (2) "Activities"; and (3) "Appendices." The nine activities in part 2 aim to help students further explore and learn about social and economic rights. The appendix contains human rights documents, a glossary of terms, a directory of resource organizations, and a bibliography of 80 web sites, publications and referrals to assist those eager to increase their understanding of, and/or move into action to address economic and social rights. (BT)

Download or read book Weak Courts Strong Rights written by Mark Tushnet and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike many other countries, the United States has few constitutional guarantees of social welfare rights such as income, housing, or healthcare. In part this is because many Americans believe that the courts cannot possibly enforce such guarantees. However, recent innovations in constitutional design in other countries suggest that such rights can be judicially enforced--not by increasing the power of the courts but by decreasing it. In Weak Courts, Strong Rights, Mark Tushnet uses a comparative legal perspective to show how creating weaker forms of judicial review may actually allow for stronger social welfare rights under American constitutional law. Under "strong-form" judicial review, as in the United States, judicial interpretations of the constitution are binding on other branches of government. In contrast, "weak-form" review allows the legislature and executive to reject constitutional rulings by the judiciary--as long as they do so publicly. Tushnet describes how weak-form review works in Great Britain and Canada and discusses the extent to which legislatures can be expected to enforce constitutional norms on their own. With that background, he turns to social welfare rights, explaining the connection between the "state action" or "horizontal effect" doctrine and the enforcement of social welfare rights. Tushnet then draws together the analysis of weak-form review and that of social welfare rights, explaining how weak-form review could be used to enforce those rights. He demonstrates that there is a clear judicial path--not an insurmountable judicial hurdle--to better enforcement of constitutional social welfare rights.

Download or read book Judicial Review Socio Economic Rights and the Human Rights Act written by Ellie Palmer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United Kingdom during the past decade, individuals and groups have increasingly tested the extent to which principles of English administrative law can be used to gain entitlements to health and welfare services and priority for the needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. One of the primary purposes of this book is to demonstrate the extent to which established boundaries of judicial intervention in socio-economic disputes have been altered by the extension of judicial powers in sections 3 and 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, and through the development of a jurisprudence of positive obligations in the European Convention on Human Rights 1950. Thus, the substantive focus of the book is on developments in the constitutional law of the United Kingdom. However, the book also addresses key issues of theoretical human rights, international and comparative constitutional law. Issues of justiciability in English administrative law have therefore been explored against a background of two factors: a growing acceptance of the need for balance in the protection in modern constitutional arrangements afforded to civil and political rights on the one hand and socio-economic rights on the other hand; and controversy as to whether courts could make a more effective contribution to the protection of socio-economic rights with the assistance of appropriately tailored constitutional provisions.

Download or read book Methods of Protection of Economic and Social Rights in Canada written by David Wiseman and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and consistently ranks highly in comparative quality of life measures. Canada is well known for its abiding commitment that the state has a fundamental role to play in supporting the social and economic well-being of its citizens. Canada pioneered, and still maintains, a universally accessible, publicly provided, health care system. Social housing, social assistance programs and publicly-funded education are provided across the country. There are minimum wage guarantees and workplace health and safety standards. The labour relations system is premised upon and protects the existence of trade unions. Yet there are significant and stubborn social and economic inequalities and deprivations in Canada. The country's gross domestic product more than doubled in the last two decades of the twentieth century, but the poverty rate barely improved. It is estimated that a sixth of the population still lives in poverty. From 1980 to 1999, the poverty rate among children increased by almost 3%. Throughout the period, women and aboriginal peoples continued to suffer a much higher incidence of poverty than their male and non-aboriginal counterparts. And, perhaps most tellingly, the poverty gap, that is, the amount of additional income that would be required to bring all Canadians above the poverty line in any given year, increased by $5 billion from 1980 to 1999. The persistence of significant poverty in Canada, together with the disproportionate ill-health and other disadvantages with which it is associated, raises the possibility that many Canadians are suffering violations of their social and economic rights. Indeed, over the past decade, Canadian non-governmental organizations have regularly asserted that Canadian governments have failed to comply with their obligations under the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Moreover, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which monitors compliance with the ICESCR, has agreed. In turn, the question arises as to what domestic legal mechanisms are available for protecting the social and economic rights of Canadians and what barriers exist to their effective use and functioning. That is the question addressed in this contribution. More specifically, this chapter surveys the domestic legal mechanisms available for protecting a selection of the rights guaranteed by the ICESCR, namely, labour rights (Articles 6-8) and the rights to adequate housing (guaranteed by Article 11), health (Article 12), social security (Article 9) and education (Article 13). The survey is spread over four parts. In Part [1] I first briefly describe the Canadian constitutional system, including the division of legislative power between the national and regional governments and the relationship between domestic legal system and international law. I then identify the three types of mechanisms of legal protection of these rights. Those mechanisms are: first, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is a constitutional rights mechanism; second, anti-discrimination and human rights legislation; and, third, human rights protections provided in legislation addressed to specific areas of social activity or provided by the quasi-judicial institutions supervising such legislation. In Parts [II] to [IV] I then discuss, in reverse order, each type of mechanism in more detail. I consider to what extent each mechanism requires or allows for the protection of the selected rights and to what extent such protection has been granted or obtained. I also consider why each mechanism has not proven more effective.

Download or read book A Consolidation of the Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982 written by Canada and published by Brantford : W. Ross Macdonald School, 1985. (Toronto : CNIB). This book was released on 1983 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consolidated as of April 17, 1982.