Bolstering the protection of economic, social and cultural rights under the Malawian Constitution

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dc.contributor.authorMbazira, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-07T06:02:51Z
dc.date.available2019-10-07T06:02:51Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThe Malawian Constitution protects a handful of socio-economic rights in the Bill of Rights and enshrines the rest as part of directive principles of national policy. The only socio-economic rights expressly protected in the Bill of Rights are the right to education; the right to participate in cultural life of one's choice; the right to engage freely in economic activity, to work and pursue a livelihood; and the right to development. Socio-economic rights are thus not given the same level of protection as civil and political rights. Yet the Malawi Law Commission (Commission) in its current review of the Constitution has not identified these rights as a point of focus. The attitude of the Commission reflects the ideological position that regards socio-economic rights as incapable of judicial enforcement and as being inferior to civil and political rights. This article outlines the theoretical basis for including socio-economic rights as justiciable protections within the Malawian Constitution.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMbazira, C. (2007). 'Bolstering the protection of economic, social and cultural rights under the Malawian Constitution'. Malawi Law Journal, 1(2):, 220 - 231en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4965
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMalawi Law Journalen_US
dc.subjectProtectionen_US
dc.subjectEconomic, social and cultural rightsen_US
dc.subjectMalawien_US
dc.subjectConstitutionen_US
dc.titleBolstering the protection of economic, social and cultural rights under the Malawian Constitutionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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