Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction: Can Litigation Bring Justice to Health? - Siri Gloppen and Mindy Jane Roseman
Chapter 2: Litigating Health Rights: Framing the Analysis - Siri Gloppen
Case Studies
Chapter 3: Argentina | Courts and the Right to Health: Achieving Fairness Despite “Routinization” in Individual Coverage Cases? - Paola Bergallo
Chapter 4: Brazil | Health Inequalities, Rights, and Courts: The Social Impact of the Judicialization of Health - Octavio L. Motta Ferraz
Chapter 5: Colombia | Judicial Protection of the Right to Health: An Elusive Promise? - Alicia Ely Yamin, Oscar Parra-Vera, and Camila Gianella
Chapter 6: Costa Rica | Health Rights Litigation: Causes and Consequences - Bruce M. Wilson
Chapter 7: India | Citizens, Courts, and the Right to Health: Between Promise and Progress? - Sharanjeet Parmar and Namita Wahi
Chapter 8: South Africa | Health Rights Litigation: Cautious Constitutionalism - Carole Cooper
Cross-Cutting Issues
Chapter 9: Dialogic Justice in the Enforcement of Social Rights: Some Initial Arguments - Roberto Gargarella
Chapter 10: Litigating the Right to Health: Are Transnational Actors Backseat Driving? - Mindy Jane Roseman and Siri Gloppen
Chapter 11: Assessing the Impact of Health Rights Litigation: A Comparative Analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, and South Africa - Ottar Mæstad, Lise Rakner, and Octavio L. Motta Ferraz
Chapter 12: Litigating for Medicines: How Can We Assess Impact on Health Outcomes? - Ole Frithjof Norheim and Siri Gloppen
Conclusion
Chapter 13: Power, Suffering, and Courts: Reflections on Promoting Health Rights through Judicialization - Alicia Ely Yamin
References
Contributors
Index
Index of Cases and Laws