In this week’s post, African Law Matters features an interview with Professor David Vital on his book, Trust Courts and Social Rights: A Trust-Based Framework for Social Rights Enforcement. The book proposes a compelling framework for the judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights grounded in the concept of political trust. Given its potential value for the enforcement of socio-economic rights on the African continent and its rich engagement with South Africa’s socio-economic rights jurisprudence, this conversation is particularly timely and valuable.