Enforcing socio-economic rights as individual rights: The role of corrective and distributive forms of justice in determining “appropriate relief”

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2008

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ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa

Abstract

Different notions of justice influence the remedies that courts grant in socio-economic rights litigation. The two theories of justice discussed here derive from the philosophies of corrective and distributive forms of justice. © Publisher

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Keywords

Enforcement, Socio-economic rights, Distributive justice, Appropriate relief

Citation

Mbazira, C. (2008). 'Enforcing socio-economic rights as individual rights: The role of corrective and distributive forms of justice in determining “appropriate relief”'. ESR Review, 9(1): 4-9