Justice and Transformation: Examining the Value of Socio-Economic Rights in Transformative Constitutions
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Wendell, Andrew T.
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Washington and Lee University, Shepherd Poverty Program
Capabilities approach (Social sciences)
Constitutions
Human rights
Politics and culture
Consensus (Social sciences)
Alkotma?ny (Hungary)
Constitution (India)
Bill of Rights (South Africa)
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966 December 16)
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Capstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE] Andrew T. Wendell is a member of the Class of 2009 of Washington and Lee University School of Law. This paper sets out to assess the value of socio-economic rights in the transformative constitutions of resource rich, post-trauma nations. In the interest of revealing assumptions and biases at the outset, the question itself requires some explication, particularly because the definition and usage of many words in the question alone are subject to sufficient academic debate as to warrant papers of their own. [From introductory section] Andrew Wendell