Overview
- Is a contemporary socio-legal study of Australia’s protection of economic and social rights
- Argues that Australia’s failings can be understood in terms of its institutional framework
- States that the institutional framework provides incomplete legal protection for rights that is almost exclusively in the realm of politics and policy-m
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Domestic translation of international economic and social rights
- Legislating for rights in Australia
- International human rights regime
- Liberal democracy and the implementation of rights
- Ideas and institutions
- Health rights in Australia
- Housing rights in Australia
- Social security rights in Australia
- Labour rights in Australia
About this book
This book is a contemporary socio-legal study of Australia’s protection of economic and social rights. Despite Australia’s hortatory language of compliance with international rights standards, its translation of these standards into domestic law and policy has been found wanting. In considering Australia’s compliance across the policy areas of health, housing, labour and social security, it is argued that Australia’s failings can be understood in terms of its institutional framework. This framework provides incomplete legal protection for rights and leaves that protection almost exclusively in the realm of politics and policymaking, an arena still dominated by neoliberalism and a political culture averse to the protection and promotion of economic and social rights.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Russell Solomon teaches law in the Global Urban and Social Studies School at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Australia’s Engagement with Economic and Social Rights
Book Subtitle: A Case of Institutional Avoidance
Authors: Russell Solomon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0033-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-0032-6Published: 02 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-0035-7Published: 02 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-0033-3Published: 01 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 283
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Human Rights, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights