There can be no doubt that the primary beneficiaries of globalisation have been transnational corporations which have seen new rules of economic engagement allow for a widening of trade and manufacturing opportunities. These new rules have been aided by challenges to the established principles...

With the gradual emergence of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), there arises a necessity to examine its utility as an academic endeavour, particularly within the context of international human rights law. Questions need to be asked as to what benefits – if any – the...

This Article advances an account of the right to development as a legal instrument that holds the international legal order accountable for its role in the production and reproduction of global poverty. It first distinguishes moral conceptions of human rights, as instruments that protect...

A review of the scope, legality and enforceability This article aims to provide the reader with a critical analysis of the scope, legality and enforceability of The Right to Development the (RTD), more precisely of “the right to a process of development in which all rights and fundamental...

As the pace of globalization has intensified, lawyers and scholars continue to develop an appreciation for the many ways their own areas of expertise and practice relate to the global economy. This symposium issue of the Chapman Law Review, featuring papers presented at the inaugural conference...

It is very important to notice the problem of poverty as a problem of international human rights law. Poverty degrades the human dignity which is the main idea of human rights. Human rights exist to protect the human from any deprivation with a legal context. It is therefore poverty under...