Economic and Social Rights: Prospects and Perils

Harvard HLS

Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Economic and social rights occupy a contentious space in contemporary studies of human rights and comparative constitutional law. Such rights – which are mobilized politically and legally to claim an adequate standard of living, health care, education, housing, decent work, food, water, sanitation, and a clean and healthy environment – are often contradictory or ambiguous. This reading group explores their contemporary appeal. Readings are…