Bruce M. Wilson and Evelyn Villarreal F. (2022)
San José, C.R. : PEN-CONARE. p. 223.
New book by Professor Bruce M. Wilson, University of Central Florida/CMI/LawTransform & Evelyn Villarreal F., research coordinator at the Programa Estado de la Nación The book El agua como derecho humano: Reconocimientos y disputas en Costa Rica (Water as a Human Right: Recognitions and Disputes in Costa Rica) analyzes the role of the human right to water […]
Democracy and public goods revisited: Local institutions, development, and access to water
Rebecca Schiel, Bruce M. Wilson, Malcolm Langford, Christopher M. Faulkner (2022) British Journal of Politics and International Relation (IF 2.422, Scopus 4.600) Democracies are commonly thought to provide greater levels of public goods than autocracies. Given that many public goods are provided locally, higher levels of local democracy are further thought to result […]
The Evolution of the Right to Water in India
Namita Wahi (2022) […]
The Right to Water, Law and Municipal Practice: Case Studies from India
New article by Arkaja Singh Recognition of the right to water in Indian courts has had little impact on the ground. This paper explores the seeming disjuncture between what happens in the court and the everyday reality of living with a less-than-perfect claim on city water services in India’s urban slums. The paper seeks to […]
The Effectiveness of Harnessing Human Rights: The Struggle over the Ilısu Dam in Turkey
Güneş Murat Tezcür, Rebecca Schiel and Bruce M. Wilson (2021) Development and Change, Volume 52, Issue 6, p. 1343-1369 Under what conditions can a human rights-based approach be successfully utilized? This article argues that the efficacy of a human […]
The Determinants of Access to Sanitation: The Role of Human Rights and the Challenges of Measurement
R. Schiel, B. M. Wilson and M. Langford (2021) WATER 13(12), 1676. (IF 3.103, Scopus 3.7) Ten years after the […]
Costa Rica. 2020 Global Review of Constitutional Law
B. M. Wilson, O. Rodriguez & S. Morales (2021)
In Albert, R, D. Landau, P. Faraguna, and S. Drugda. ICON and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy. ISBN: 978-0-692-15916-3
The global COVID-19 pandemic and the state’s response to it dominated the social, political, economic and legal landscape of Costa Rica in 2020. The government’s measures to combat the pandemic included mandatory travel restrictions, shuttering of mass public events, and curbs on business activities. These salutary actions, while successful in comparison with most other countries […]
Constitutionalising the Right to Water in Kenya and Slovenia: Domestic Drivers, Opportunity Structures, and Transnational Norm Entrepreneurs
New article by Mathea Loen and Siri Gloppen The international norm development that in 2010 culminated with the UN Resolution on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation changed international law. To what extent did this influence the parallel legal developments evident in many national constitutions across the globe? This article analyses the mobilisation for […]
Between Confrontation and Cooperation: Right to Water Advocacy in the Courts, on the Streets, and at the Capitols in the United States
New article by Sabrina Kozikis and Inga T. Winkler Communities across the United States face a widespread water crisis including risks of contamination, rate increases, shut-offs for non-payment, and dilapidating infrastructure. Against this background, a right to water movement has emerged which has found its strength in coalition-building and collectivity. Activists demand change using the […]
Comparing Experiences of Constitutional Reforms to Enshrine the Right to Water in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru: Opportunities and Limitations
New article by Lara Côrtes, Camila Gianella, Angela M. Páez, and Catalina Vallejo Piedrahíta In this paper we compare recent efforts towards the constitutionalization of the right to water in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru to understand the opportunities and limitations related to the attempts to enhance access to piped water to the highest normative level. […]