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Crises, Human Rights and Legal Challenges

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  • Lenkovics, Barnabás

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The purpose of this study is to ponder on – and provide assistance in tackling – the latest challenges affecting individual lives and human rights. The three most severe crises of our days are global-scale social inequality; declining populations in rich economies and overpopulation in poor countries; and the threat of a climate change disaster. These three crises aggravate each other, and their negative effects combine and materialise concurrently. The key question is how social sciences – especially economics and legal sciences – respond to the symptoms of these crises and whether they can offer an accurate diagnosis or recommend a possible therapy. Do they need to exercise self-criticism and bring their scientific truths more in line with reality? It is crucial to seek answers to these questions for the sake of sustainability and future generations.

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  • Lenkovics, Barnabás, 2016. "Crises, Human Rights and Legal Challenges," Public Finance Quarterly, Corvinus University of Budapest, vol. 61(3), pages 331-342.
    • Handle: RePEc:pfq:journl:v:61:y:2016:i:3:p:331-342
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    social sciences; social inequality; declining populations; overpopulation;
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    JEL classification:

    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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