%0 Journal Article
%T Rights and Value: Construing the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Civil Commons
%A Giorgio Baruchello
%A Rachael Lorna Johnstone
%J Studies in Social Justice
%D 2011
%I University of Windsor
%X This article brings together the United Nations¡¯ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and John McMurtry¡¯s theory of value. In this perspective, the ICESCR is construed as a prime example of ¡°civil commons,¡± while McMurtry¡¯s theory of value is proposed as a tool of interpretation of the covenant. In particular, McMurtry¡¯s theory of value is a hermeneutical device capable of highlighting: (a) what alternative conception of value systemically operates against the fulfilment of the rights enshrined in the ICESCR; (b) the increased relevance of the ICESCR with regard to the current global economic crisis; (c) the parameters to determine the degree to which the rights at issue have been realized. Reflections on environmental implications of both the ICESCR and McMurtry¡¯s axiology conclude the article.
%K commons
%K rights
%K International Covenant on Economic
%K Social and Cultural Rights
%K civil commons
%U http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/SSJ/article/view/3115