The Social Constitution
Embedding Social Rights Through Legal Mobilization
Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-36776-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-36776-9 (ISBN)
This book examines the Colombian experiment with robust rights protections and traces how those rights came to be meaningful in citizens' everyday lives, allowing them to claim access to goods like healthcare. It develops a novel approach to legal mobilization that is both relational and interactive.
In The Social Constitution, Whitney Taylor examines the conditions under which new constitutional rights become meaningful and institutionalized. Taylor introduces the concept of 'embedding' constitutional law to clarify how particular visions of law come to take root both socially and legally. Constitutional embedding can occur through legal mobilization, as citizens understand the law in their own way and make legal claims - or choose not to - on the basis of that understanding, and as judges decide whether and how to respond to legal claims. These interactions ultimately construct the content and strength of the constitutional order. Taylor draws on more than a year of fieldwork across Colombia and multiple sources of data, including semi-structured interviews, original surveys, legal documents, and participation observation. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
In The Social Constitution, Whitney Taylor examines the conditions under which new constitutional rights become meaningful and institutionalized. Taylor introduces the concept of 'embedding' constitutional law to clarify how particular visions of law come to take root both socially and legally. Constitutional embedding can occur through legal mobilization, as citizens understand the law in their own way and make legal claims - or choose not to - on the basis of that understanding, and as judges decide whether and how to respond to legal claims. These interactions ultimately construct the content and strength of the constitutional order. Taylor draws on more than a year of fieldwork across Colombia and multiple sources of data, including semi-structured interviews, original surveys, legal documents, and participation observation. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
Whitney K. Taylor is Assistant Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. Her research focuses on the intersection of rights, law, and contentious politics.
1. Introduction: the social constitution; 2. Constitutional embedding through legal mobilization; 3. Expectations and transformations of Colombian constitutional law; 4. Social embedding; 5. Legal embedding; 6. Challenges to embedding: legal legibility; 7. Challenges to embedding: power struggles; 8. Challenges to embedding: workload; 9. Partial constitutional embedding: the case of South Africa; 10. Conclusion. Social constitutionalism and the politics of rights; Appendix: interviewees.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.11.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-36776-5 / 1009367765 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-36776-9 / 9781009367769 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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