Includes bibliographical references and index.

The justiciability of social rights : from practice to theory / Malcolm Langford -- The challenges of crafting remedies for violations of socio-economic rights / Kent Roach -- The right to legal aid in social rights litigation / Andrea Durbach -- South Africa / Sandra Liebenberg -- India / S. Muralidhar -- South Asia / Iain Byrne and Sara Hossain -- Colombia / Magdalena Sepúlveda -- Argentina / Christian Courtis -- Brazil / Flavia Piovesan -- Venezuela / Enrique Gonzalez -- Canada / Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter -- The United States / Cathy Albisa and Jessica Schultz -- Hungary / Malcolm Langford -- France / Laurent Pech -- United Kingdom / Jeff A. King -- Ireland / Aoife Nolan -- African regional human rights system / Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights / Tara J. Melish -- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights / Tara J. Melish -- European Court of Human Rights / Luke Clements and Alan Simmons -- The European Committee of Social Rights / Urfan Kkhaliq and Robin Churchill -- European Court of Justice / Philippa Watson -- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Malcolm Langford and Jeff A. King -- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination / Nathalie Prouvez -- Human Rights Committee / Martin Scheinin -- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women / Leilani Farha -- Committee on the Rights of the Child / Geraldine van Bueren -- The International Labour Organisation / Colin Fenwick -- Liability of multinational corporations / Sarah Joseph -- The World Bank inspection panel / Dana Clark.