Book Review: The Social Rights Jurisprudence in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Shadow and Light in International Human Rights
| Published date | 01 June 2020 |
| Date | 01 June 2020 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0964663919896049 |
| Author | Alberto Coddou Mc Manus |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
Social & Legal Studies 29(3)
relationships, evincing that there is something more personal than contractual about the
fiduciary doctrine (pp. 126–128). Equitable doctrines have occasionally protected none-
conomic interests, such as privacy, and might do so further as social and technological
changes render these interests more precarious (Madden, 2019). If Samet’s book attains
the influence it deserves, we might be closer to putting the conscience and fusion debates
to rest and, using her insights, refocussing our efforts on exploring how Equity’s con-
science might succeed or fail if applied to pressing contemporary questions of social and
economic justice.
RA ´
UL MADDEN
University of Kent, UK
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´ LEZ, The Social Rights Jurisprudence in the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights: Shadow and Light in International Human Rights. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing,
2018, pp. 231, ISBN 9781788113038, £72.20 (hbk).
The Social Rights Jurisprudence in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights consti-
tutes an important contribution to debates about the normative revolutions triggered
within the chamber of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR). The book
makes an outstanding effort to summarize and present the reader with an overview of the
jurisprudence around economic and social rights (ESR) in the IACtHR. Indeed, I dare to
say that it is one of the most complete accounts of the landmark cases on the issue, but
including some evaluative framework to address the “narrative of cases from the last
20 years” (p. 3). Additionally, the book includes the most updated literature...
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