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Social and labour rights in a global context : international and comparative perspectives / edited by Bob Hepple.

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Social and labour rights in a global context : international and comparative perspectives / edited by Bob Hepple.
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Hepple, B. A.
Description
xxi, 273 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Containing essays written by leading international scholars, this text questions the effectiveness of the new rhetoric of rights such as those to decent work and security, equal opportunities, adequate food and housing and healthcare.
Subject
  • Union européenne
  • Social legislation
  • Labor laws and legislation
  • Social rights
  • Employee rights
  • Human rights
  • Globalization
Genre/Form
  • comment.
  • Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme)
  • commentaire.
  • comentario.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / Bob Hepple -- I: RESPONSES TO GLOBALISATION: Common law, labour law, global law / Lord Wedderburn -- The interaction of the ILO, the Council of Europe and European Union labour standards / Paul O'Higgins -- II: THE POTENTIAL OF FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: The politics of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights / Manfred Weiss -- Market freedom and fundamental social rights / Silvana Sciarra -- Corporate governance, European governance and social rights / Catherine Barnard and Simon Deakin -- III: CONSTITUTIONALIZATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SOCIAL RIGHTS: SOME COMPARISONS: Social rights as fundamental human rights / Ivan Hare -- The legal efficacy and significance of fundamental social rights: lessons from the European experience / Antoine Lyon-Caen -- An American perspective on fundamental labour rights / Cynthia L. Estlund -- The impact of fundamental social rights on Japanese law / Yakashi Araki -- Enforcement: the law and politics of cooperation and compliance / Bob Hepple.
ISBN
0521818818
OCLC
  • 50709162
  • SCSB-10009855
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library