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Litigating Health Rights: Can Courts Bring More Justice to Health?
Alicia Ely Yamin
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Description for Litigating Health Rights: Can Courts Bring More Justice to Health?
Paperback. This book examines the potential of litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable for these obligations. It asks who benefits both directly and indirectly--and what the overall impacts on health equity are. Included are case studies from Costa Rica, South Africa, India, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. Editor(s): Yamin, Alicia Ely; Gloppen, Siri. Series: Human Rights Program Series. Num Pages: 446 pages, 54 figures, charts, and graphs. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; LNAC; LNTM; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
The last fifteen years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of health rights cases focusing on issues such as access to health services and essential medications. This volume examines the potential of litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable for these obligations. It includes case studies from Costa Rica, South Africa, India, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, as well as chapters that address cross-cutting themes. The authors analyze what types of services and interventions have been the subject of successful litigation and what remedies have been ordered by courts. Different chapters ... Read more
The last fifteen years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of health rights cases focusing on issues such as access to health services and essential medications. This volume examines the potential of litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable for these obligations. It includes case studies from Costa Rica, South Africa, India, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, as well as chapters that address cross-cutting themes. The authors analyze what types of services and interventions have been the subject of successful litigation and what remedies have been ordered by courts. Different chapters ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School United States
Number of pages
446
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Human Rights Program Series
Condition
New
Weight
621g
Number of Pages
446
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9780979639555
SKU
V9780979639555
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About Alicia Ely Yamin
Alicia Ely Yamin is Director of the Program on the Health Rights of Women and Children, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, and Adjunct Lecturer on Health Policy and Management, Harvard University. Siri Gloppen is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen and Research Director at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Norway. Mindy ... Read more
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