Judging social rights /
Jeff King.
- xxvii, 370 pages ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge studies in constitutional law .
Introduction : aims and methods -- Part I. The Case for Constitutional Social Rights -- The case for social rights -- The value of courts in light of the alternatives -- A basic interpretive approach -- Part II. A Theory of Judicial Restraint -- Institutional approaches to judicial restraint -- Democratic legitimacy -- Polycentricity -- Expertise -- Flexibility -- Part III. Incrementalism -- Incrementalism as a general theme.
9781107008021 (hbk.) 9781107400320 (pbk.)
Political questions and judicial power--United States Social rights--United States Judicial power--Social aspects--United States Social justice--United States Social rights--Philosophy Constitutional law--United States