Poverty and fundamental rights the justification and enforcement of socio-economic rights / [electronic resource] :
David Bilchitz.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 279 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bilchitz addresses the issue of severe poverty and inequality and questions why violations of socio-economic rights are treated with less urgency than violations of civil and political rights, such as the right to freedom of speech or to vote.