Justice and the Capabilities Approach

Thom Brooks, Reader in Political and Legal Philosophy, Newcastle University, UK

Contents: Introduction; Part I Distributive Justice: Well-being, agency, and freedom: the Dewey lectures 1984, Amartya Sen; Equality of welfare, Ronald Dworkin; Equality of resources, Ronald Dworkin. Part II Human Rights: Capabilities, entitlements, rights: supplementation and critique, Martha C. Nussbaum; Rights, capabilities, and the good society, Robin West; Elements of a theory of human rights, Amartya Sen. Part III Constitutional Law: The Supreme Court 2006 Term - foreword: constitutions and capabilities: 'perception' against lofty formalism, Martha C. Nussbaum; Constitutions and capabilities: a (necessarily) pragmatic approach, Diane P. Wood. Part IV The Family: The problem with polygamy, Thom Brooks; Who secures women's capabilities in Martha Nussbaum's quest for social justice?, Amrita Basu. Part V Cosmopolitanism and Global Justice: Assessing global poverty and inequality: income, resources, and capabilities, Ingrid Robeyns; Cosmopolitan law?, Noah Feldman; Name index.