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Discrimination against the Poor in Law and Practice: The Poor as a Vulnerable Group - Couverture souple

E. Mansour, Dina

 
9783659305733: Discrimination against the Poor in Law and Practice: The Poor as a Vulnerable Group
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ISBN 10 : 3659305731 ISBN 13 : 9783659305733
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Poverty is a phenomenon affecting much of the world's population. Beyond being a purely legal problem, poverty has become a deliberating problem of class and a predominant condition of ‘societal vulnerability’ that stands in the way of the enjoyment of basic fundamental rights that makes the emblems of equality and human dignity to be nothing but an expression of ‘rich man's law’ rather than ‘human rights law’. This dissertation examines the concept of poverty as both a condition of legal and societal vulnerability with primary focus on the poor in Egypt. With inequality being central to its functioning, the capitalist system in Egypt has created a situation where the formally equal are both socially and materially unequal in the enjoyment of rights, benefits and most importantly protection. Poverty as a condition of vulnerability creates a population at the margins of society and of de facto law. With human rights law recognizing special rights for ‘vulnerable groups’, this dissertation calls for the recognition of ‘the poor’ as a vulnerable group in need of special rights to realize the true essence of the equality of all before the law.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Poverty is a phenomenon affecting much of the world's population. Beyond being a purely legal problem, poverty has become a deliberating problem of class and a predominant condition of ‘societal vulnerability’ that stands in the way of the enjoyment of basic fundamental rights that makes the emblems of equality and human dignity to be nothing but an expression of ‘rich man's law’ rather than ‘human rights law’. This dissertation examines the concept of poverty as both a condition of legal and societal vulnerability with primary focus on the poor in Egypt. With inequality being central to its functioning, the capitalist system in Egypt has created a situation where the formally equal are both socially and materially unequal in the enjoyment of rights, benefits and most importantly protection. Poverty as a condition of vulnerability creates a population at the margins of society and of de facto law. With human rights law recognizing special rights for ‘vulnerable groups’, this dissertation calls for the recognition of ‘the poor’ as a vulnerable group in need of special rights to realize the true essence of the equality of all before the law.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dina Mansour is a PhD Candidate in “Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability” at the Sant'Anna School for Advanced Studies specializing in political economy, development and human rights in the Arab region in general with particular focus on Egypt. Her working experience includes working in economic and human rights advocacy and research.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659305731
ISBN 13 
9783659305733
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
92
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