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[VOL. 48: 773, 2011] Socioeconomic Rights and Theories ofJustice SAN DIEGO LAW REVIEW think it is better to let socioeconomic rights emerge from a theory of justice than to try to defend them, line by line, on their own merits. 807

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Socioeconomic Rights and Theories of Justice

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Authors: Jeremy Waldron

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Right to adequate standard of living
Right to education

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Resource allocation
Resource generation

Year: 2011

Summary: Discusses variety of ways in which claims about socioeconomic rights may figure into a broader theoretical conception. Reviews the ways in which socioeconomic rights might be related to or emerge from a complex theory of justice. Focuses on the role of considered judgements about welfare and the relief of poverty int eh formation of a theory of justice; the importance of scarcity and issues of priority in defining the agenda for justice and the constraints facing the proponents of any costly right; the difference between allocative and structural/procedural approaches to justice.

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