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Private-Rights Litigation and the Normative Foundations of Durable Constitutional Precedent [PDF]

, 2013
This chapter advances a simple thesis that runs counter to much public-law scholarship. Holding all else constant, the more difficult, or costly, constitutional rulings are to obtain, the more durable the resulting precedent; conversely, the easier, or ...
Stearns, Maxwell L.
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Parsing human rights, promoting health equity: reflections on Colombia's response to Venezuelan migration. [PDF]

Med Law Rev, 2023
Angeleri S, Murphy T.
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Civil Challenges to the Use of Low-Bid Contracts for Indigent Defense [PDF]

, 2000
In recent years, increasing attention has been directed to the problem of adequate representation for indigent criminal defendants. While overwhelming caseloads and inadequate funding plague indigent defense systems of all types, there is a growing ...
Lemos, Margaret H.
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Some reflections on the justiciability of the peoples’ right to peace

Revista Interdisciplinar de Direito, 2017
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Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade
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Defending Women’s Rights: The Inter-American Court’s Role in Ensuring Justice for Gender-Based Violence Victims by Niesje Vanduffel

Contemporary Challenges
This paper argues that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) has significantly enhanced the justiciability and remedies dimensions of women’s right to access justice in cases of gender-based violence.
Niesje Vanduffel
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The use of military force and the Constitution [PDF]

, 2018
[Excerpt] Last week, for the second time since becoming president, President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Syria without seeking or obtaining authorization from Congress. Both strikes were responsive to chemical-weapons attacks that, American
Greabe, John M
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JUSTICIABILIDAD DE LOS DERECHOS ECONÓMICOS, SOCIALES Y CULTURALES: DISCUSIÓN TEÓRICA JUSTICIABILITY OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: A THEORETICAL DISCUSSION

Revista Chilena de Derecho, 2009
En Chile, así como en otros países, se discute si es apropiado que las cortes hagan justiciables los denominados derechos económicos, sociales y culturales (DESC).
Rodolfo Figueroa G-H
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A Dollar for Your Thoughts: Determining Whether Nominal Damages Prevent an Otherwise Moot Case from Being an Advisory Opinion [PDF]

, 2018
This Note examines whether nominal damages should sustain an otherwise moot constitutional claim. A majority of circuit courts have held that a lone claim for nominal damages is sufficient.
Grealish, Maura B.
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Patrolling the Resource Transfer Frontier: Economic Rights and the South African Constitutional Court’s Contributions to International Justice

African Studies Quarterly, 2007
Coming out of the apartheid nightmare in1994, South Africa became an immediate sovereign beacon for global justice with its path-breaking Constitution of 1996 that is the most rights-protective in the world.
Henry J. Richardson, III
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Human Rights and Sustainable Development in Contemporary Africa: A New Dawn or Retreating Horizon? [PDF]

human development, human ...
Joseph Oloka-Onyango
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