Part I. Overview: 1. The justiciability of social rights: from practice to theory Malcolm Langford; 2. The challenges of crafting remedies for violations of socio-economic rights Kent Roach; 3. The right to legal aid in social rights litigation Andrea Durbach; Part II. Select National Jurisdictions: 4. South Africa Sandra Liebenberg; 5. India S. Muralidhar; 6. South Asia Iain Byrne and Sara Hossain; 7. Colombia Magdalena Sepúlveda; 8. Argentina Christian Courtis; 9. Brazil Flavia Piovesan; 10. Venezuela Enrique Gonzalez; 11. Canada Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter; 12. The United States Cathy Albisa and Jessica Schultz; 13. Hungary Malcolm Langford; 14. France Laurent Pech; 15. United Kingdom Jeff A. King; 16. Ireland Aoife Nolan; Part III. Regional Procedures and Jurisprudence: 17. African regional human rights system Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa; 18. The inter-American commission on human rights Tara J. Melish; 19. The inter-American court of human rights Tara J. Melish; 20. European court of human rights Luke Clements and Alan Simmons; 21. The European committee of social rights Urfan Khaliq and Robin Churchill; 22. European court of justice Philippa Watson; Part IV. International Human Rights Procedures and Jurisprudence: 23. Committee on economic, social and cultural rights: past, present and future Malcolm Langford and Jeff A. King; 24. Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination Nathalie Prouvez; 25. Human rights committee Martin Scheinin; 26. Committee on the elimination of discrimination against women Leilani Farha; 27. Committee on the rights of the child Geraldine Van Bueren; Part V. Special Topics: 28. The international labor organization Colin Fenwick; 29. Liability of multinational corporations Sarah Joseph; 30. The World Bank inspection panel Dana Clark.

"This book provides eloquent testimony to the fact that the debate about the justiciability of social rights has come of age." --Philip Alston, Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law