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Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System by Yong-Shik Lee [CUP, Cambridge, 2006, 191pp, ISBN 0-521-85296-x]

international human rights instruments, such as the rights to food and water and environmental rights. A useful ‘Introduction to socio-economic rights in the South African Constitution’ (Danie Brand, chapter 1) is provided, which outlines not only the rights in the South African Constitution and how they have been interpreted and translated, but also details the ways in which socioeconomic rights can be used to ‘advance social justice’. The book then continues with various chapters on the different rights. Although some focus their attention on the South African Constitutional rights (eg chapter 2: Faranaaz Veriava and Fons Coomans on the right to education; chapter 3: Pierre de Vos on the right to housing), others spend a considerable amount outlining the relevant international and regional human rights standards (eg chapter 4: rights concerning health by Charles Ngwena and Rebecca Cook; chapter 5: Danie Brand on the right to food; chapter 6: right to water by Anton Kok and Malcolm Langford; chapter 7: right to social security and assistance by Linda Jansen van Rensburg and Lucie Lamarche; chapter 8: environmental rights by Loretta A Feris and Dire Tladi). As noted above, this is perhaps to be expected in a country which looks very much to international standards when interpreting its domestic constitution. Some may be disappointed to read that a couple of these chapters (chapters 1 and 3) are published, at least in part, elsewhere. However, given that this book is not intending to provide indepth academic analysis of the various rights, but an overview of their interpretation and application in South Africa, their inclusion here will perhaps bring them to the attention of a broader audience. Overall, therefore, this book provides a useful, readable and accessible introduction to socioeconomic rights within the context of a country which has developed some important jurisprudence and standards in this area. As a result, as the rubric states, this book is clearly of interest to ‘practising lawyers, academics and other specialists interested in constitutional socio-economic rights especially in South Africa’.