Children's Socio-Economic Rights, Democracy and the Courts

Aoife Nolan's important book uses constitutional and democratic theory, human rights, and case law from a variety of jurisdictions to show how the courts can and should give effect to children's socio-economic rights. Constituting a major contribution to scholarship, it is the first book to examine together children's socio economic rights; children as democratic citizens; the implications of children's rights for democratic constitutional theory; the role of courts in ensuring the enforcement of children's rights, and the debates surrounding the litigation and adjudication of socio-economic rights. 

Winner of the Kevin Boyle Book Prize 2012 for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 


'This book makes a major contribution to the literature in the three interrelated areas of the judicial review of socio-economic rights claims, children's rights, and democratic theory.' 
Professor Sandra Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Stellenbosch Law Faculty 

'...children's rights have been neglected, more so their socio-economic rights, so a book which tackles both and does so as well as Nolan's monograph is to be welcomed ... This is top quality legal scholarship ... no student of children's rights can give this one a miss' 
Michael Freeman, Professor Emeritus, University College London, FBA, Editor of the International Journal of Children's Rights 

'Professor Nolan has produced a superbly written and researched ... contribution to the study of both children's rights and socio-economic rights that will shape discussion of these questions for years to come' 
Dr Conor O'Mahony, Lecturer in Law, University College Cork