This selection of classical and contemporary readings examines the national and international operation of legal systems, focusing on the relationship of law to the economy, class, political conflict, the state, and international relations.  These readings emphasize the transformations brought about by historical change and the contradictory dimensions of law in both advancing and blocking these transformations in accordance with the class interests expressed through legal forms.  Throughout, the book draws on major theoretical writings as well as case studies of particular situations in Third World countries and includes editorial introductions uniting the various selections.

The Political Economy of Law: A Third World Reader

Ghai, Yash

Luckham, Robin

Snyder, Francis

Law Practice

Oxford University Press

This work examines the achievement of different countries in providing socio-economic rights through their constitutional frameworks so as to meet the millennium development goals. It argues how constitutions can either support rights or obstruct the achievement of rights related to education, food, water, housing, health, sanitation, work, sustainable development, etc. Emphasizing the need to pursue millennium development goals far beyond 2015, it explains that a constitution must provide institutions and procedures to translate constitutional ideals into reality. It highlights the critical decisions that need to be made in the drafting of Bill of Rights, and explains options that are likely to extend the scope of rights to make them effective in practice. It makes a comparative study of the rights provided in various constitutions and also studies them in reference to women, minorities, and indigenous people. It further stresses upon the need for independent institutions to deal with complaints against the state for maladministration and unfair discrimination along with action by civil society to realize the millennium development goals.

The Millennium Declaration, Rights, and Constitutions

Cottrell, Jill

Constitutional Law

<p>This is the first systematic analysis of the constitutional, legal, economic, social and political systems of Hong Kong as a special administrative region of China. It examines the Basic Law against its historical and socio-economic contexts, including its international and domestic foundations, and the loss and the resumption of sovereignty by China. The author offers a conceptualization of the Basic Law and locates it within China’s constitutional, political and legal systems. The book explores the balance as well as the tensions between the autonomy of Hong Kong and the sovereignty of China, which are aggravated by the necessity to accommodate contrasting economic and political systems. It also identifies key legal and political problems that are likely to arise in implementing the Basic Law and suggests an approach to its interpretation. The Basic Law provides a fascinating example of the interaction of widely different traditions of law, politics and economy, and a novel system of autonomy. Its study is therefore of great interest to scholars of comparative law and politics. This new edition covers significant political, constitutional and legal developments since the transfer of sovereignty in July 1997.</p>

Hong Kong’s New Constitutional Order: The Resumption of Chinese Sovereignty and the Basic Law, Second Edition (Hong Kong University Press Law Series)

History

Asia

Hong Kong University Press

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