“Bread and Roses”: Economic Justice and Constitutional Rights

<p>Socio-economic inequality and poverty constitute critical human rights challenges in an increasingly globalized world. Not only do they result in material inequities that affect everyday life; they also undermine psychological and social wellbeing. In this article, issues of economic injust...

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Main Author: Colleen Sheppard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2015-03-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2571246
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Summary:<p>Socio-economic inequality and poverty constitute critical human rights challenges in an increasingly globalized world. Not only do they result in material inequities that affect everyday life; they also undermine psychological and social wellbeing. In this article, issues of economic injustice and social exclusion are examined through the lens of constitutional rights. It explores three different dimensions of the nexus between economic justice and constitutionalism, including: (i) the role of law in creating socio- economic inequality and poverty; (ii) the extent to which economic justice is addressed at the interstices of civil and political rights and freedoms; and (iii) the potential for the concept of social inclusion to assist in the reimagining of constitutional law and economic justice.</p> <hr /><p>La desigualdad socioecon&oacute;mica y la pobreza constituyen desaf&iacute;os cr&iacute;ticos a los derechos humanos en un mundo cada vez m&aacute;s globalizado. No s&oacute;lo dan lugar a desigualdades materiales que afectan a la vida cotidiana, sino que tambi&eacute;n socavan el bienestar psicol&oacute;gico y social. En este art&iacute;culo se analizan los problemas de la injusticia econ&oacute;mica y la exclusi&oacute;n social a trav&eacute;s del prisma de los derechos constitucionales. Se exploran tres dimensiones diferentes del nexo entre justicia econ&oacute;mica y constitucionalismo, incluyendo: (i) el papel del derecho en la creaci&oacute;n de desigualdad socioecon&oacute;mica y pobreza; (ii) el grado en que la justicia econ&oacute;mica se aborda en los intersticios de los derechos y libertades civiles y pol&iacute;ticos; y (iii) el potencial del concepto de inclusi&oacute;n social para ayudar en la reinvenci&oacute;n de la ley constitucional y la justicia econ&oacute;mica.</p> <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2571246" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2571246 </a></p>
ISSN:2079-5971