International poverty law : an emerging discourse / / Lucy Williams, editor

• Pubblicazione: London [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2006; [London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2022
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.0316
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - Law and legislation; Legal assistance to the poor; Development studies; Poverty & unemployment; International law
• Persona (resp. second.): WilliamsLucy A.
• Note generali: "International Social Science Council (ISSC)."; Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Towards an emerging international poverty law / Lucy Williams -- How can human rights contribute to poverty reduction? A philosophical assessment of the Human development report 2000 / Asuncion Lera St. Clair -- Poverty as a failure of entitlement : do rights-based approaches make sense? / Bas de Gaay Fortman -- Biodiversity versus biotechnology : an economic and environmental struggle for life / Margarita Gabriela Prieto-Acosta -- The right to food : the significance of the United Nations Special Rapporteur / Ahmed Aoued -- South African poverty law : the role and influence of international human rights instruments / Marius Olivier and Linda Jansen van Rensburg -- Child labour in India and the international human rights discourse / Debi S. Saini -- Privatizing human rights? The role of corporate codes of conduct / Aurora Voiculescu -- Developing universal anti-poverty regimes : the role of the United Nations in the establishment of international poverty law / Gabriel Amitsis.
• Sommario/riassunto: While law and development discourse has dealt with international poverty, advocates of poverty reduction usually operate within a nation-state context. This book provides a new framework for the future theoretical development of international poverty law. It also explores specific human rights initiatives that address particular aspects of poverty, including human rights conventions, measures to counter the tendency of intellectual property law to undermine food security, the right to food as framed in UN development documents, and the startlingly important development in South Africa of an alternative vision of constitutional law. The contributors position international poverty law as a legitimate field for multidisciplinary research and dialogue, and open up new arenas for international poverty law to contribute to addressing poverty reduction. This book provides a new framework for the future theoretical development of international poverty law. It explores specific human rights initiatives that address particular aspects of poverty, including human rights conventions, the right to food as framed in UN development documents, and the development in South Africa of an alternative vision of constitutional law.
• Titolo autorizzato: International poverty law
• ISBN: 1-350-22081-7; 1-84813-710-9; 1-84277-396-8; 1-281-25921-7; 9786611259211; 1-84813-149-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996201950103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: CROP international studies in poverty research.