Claiming the Right to Health in Brazilian Courts: The Exclusion of the Already Excluded?

The aim of this article is to test a widespread belief among Brazilian legal scholars in the area of social rights, namely, the cfoim that courts are an alternative institutional voice for the poor, who are usually marginalized from the political process. According to this belief, social rights liti...

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Published in:Law & social inquiry 2011-09, Vol.36 (4), p.825-853
Main Authors: da Silva, Virgílio Afonso, Terrazas, Fernanda Vargas
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Household income
Human rights
Judicial rulings
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Medications
Minimum wage
Oncology
Plaintiffs
Politics
Right to health
Social services
Socioeconomic factors
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Human rights
Judicial rulings
Lawsuits
Litigation
Medications
Minimum wage
Oncology
Plaintiffs
Politics
Right to health
Social services
Socioeconomic factors
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