Law and Poverty

Lucy Williams is Professor of Law at Northeastern University, Boston and has extensive experience of the trans-border dimensions of poverty in North America.Asbjorn Kjonstad is Professor of Social Law and former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo.Peter Robson is Professor of Social Welfare Law at the University of Strathclyde.

• Part 1: Poverty as Legally Constructed1. The Right to Development as a Basic Human Right - Ahmed Aoued2. Cross-Border Reflections on Poverty: Lessons From the United States and Mexico - Lucy Williams3. Poverty as a Violation of Human Rights: The Pinochet Case and the Emergence of a New Paradigm - Camilo Perez-BustilloPart 2: Responsibility for Alleviating Poverty4. The Politics of Child Support - Peter Robson5. The State, Laws and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Bangladesh - Mokbul Morshed Ahmad6. Exclusion and Rights - Paul SpickerPart 3: The Establishment of Legal Entitlements7. Judicial Review, Social Antagonism and the Use of Litigation as a Tool for Combating Poverty - Antonella Mameli8. Poverty and Property - Human Rights and Social Security - Asbjørn Kjønstad9. The Effect of Legal Mechanisms on Selective Welfare Strategies for Needy Persons: The Greek experience - Gabriel AmitsisPart 4: Legal Initiatives to Address Specific Aspects of Poverty10. Gender Mainstreaming as an Instrument for Combating Poverty - Sue Nott11. Does Alcohol and Tobacco Legislation Help Reduce Poverty? The evidence from Sri LankaKalinga - Tudor Silva12. Child Labour - A threat to survival of civilization - Amita Agarwal13. Labour Organization and Labour Relations Law in India: Implications for poverty alleviation - Debi S. Saini