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Economic rights in canada and the united states /

This volume explains how economic rights are realized or violated in Canada and the United States. Contributors analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of these rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the rights of people with disabilities.

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.; Welch, Jr., Claude E.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2006]
©2006
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Subjects:
Capitalism.
Equality.
Human rights > Canada.
Human rights > United States.
Economic policy.
German Civil Code, other.
German Civil Code.
Human rights.
Law.
Social policy.
Wirtschaft.
LAW > Civil Rights.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204780
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Summary: This volume explains how economic rights are realized or violated in Canada and the United States. Contributors analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of these rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the rights of people with disabilities.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9780812204780
Index Number: JC599
CLC: D815.7
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction. Looking at Ourselves /
Chapter 1. Justifying Socioeconomic Rights /
Chapter 2. International Law of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights /
Chapter 3. On the Margins of the Human Rights Discourse /
Chapter 4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States /
Chapter 5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights /
Chapter 6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States /
Chapter 7. So Close and Yet So Different /
Chapter 8. International Labor Rights and North American Labor Law /
Chapter 9. Deconstructing Barriers /
Chapter 10. The Economic Rights of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada and the United States /
Chapter 11. The Netherlands /
Appendix 1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights --
Appendix 2. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt s State of the Union Address, January 6, 1941 --
Appendix 3. Excerpts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt s State of the Union Address, January 11, 1944 --
Abbreviations --
Notes --
Contributors --
Index --
Acknowledgments.

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