Socio-Economic Rights in the SA Constitution

There is longstanding reservation about whether socio-economic rights are of the same order as civil and political rights and, although there is a move away from the tendency to question the bona fides of socio-economic rights, their recognition has tended to be half-hearted. This publication, Socio-Economic Rights in the South African Constitution: Theory and Practice, seeks to inquire into the articulation of theory and practice in the commitment to the respect, promotion and realisation of socio-economic rights in South Africa. In particular it considers whether the rights listed in the Bill of Rights have been given effect to and gives an understanding of the processes and procedures followed by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in monitoring the rights.