Human rights at work : perspectives on law and regulation / edited by Colin Fenwick and Tonia Novitz.
2010
K1763 .H86 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Human rights at work : perspectives on law and regulation / edited by Colin Fenwick and Tonia Novitz.
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Imprint
Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2010.
Description
xx, 638 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Oñati international series in law and society.
Formatted Contents Note
The application of human rights discourse to labour relations: translation of theory into practice / Tonia Novitz and Colin Fenwick
Workers' human rights in Australia / Colin Fenwick
Legal protection of workers' rights as human rights: Brazil / Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes
The growing impact of human rights on Canadian labour law / Christian Brunelle
China's legal protection of workers' human rights / Liu Cheng and Sean Cooney
Workers' human rights in English law / ACL Davies
Enforcing labour rights through human rights norms: the approach of the Supreme Court of India / Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan
Legal protection of workers' human rights in Nigeria: regulatory changes and challenges / Chioma Agomo
Constitutionalisation of South African labour law: an experiment in the making / Stefan van Eck
Legal protection of workers' human rights: regulatory changes and challenges: the United States / Lance Compa
UN covenants and labour rights / Sarah Joseph
Taking social rights seriously: is there a case for institutional reform of the ILO? / Jill Murray
The ILO, freedom of association and Belarus / Lisa Tortell
Protection of workers under regional human rights systems: an assessment of evolving and divergent practices / Tonia Novitz
Is there a human right not to be a union member? Labour rights under the European Convention on Human Rights / Virginia Mantouvalou
Giving with one hand and taking with the other: protection of workers' human rights in the European Union / Tonia Novitz and Phil Syrpis
Core labour standards in the GSP Regime of the European Union: overshadowed by other considerations / Jan Orbie and Ferdi de Ville
Decent working hours as a human right: intersections in the regulation of working time / Deirdre McCann
Justice without the rule of law? The challenge of rights based industrial relations in contemporary Cambodia / Daniel Adler and Michael Woodcock
Australian textile clothing and footwear supply chain regulation / Shelley Marshall
Conclusion: Regulating to protect workers' human rights / Colin Fenwick and Tonia Novitz.
Workers' human rights in Australia / Colin Fenwick
Legal protection of workers' rights as human rights: Brazil / Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes
The growing impact of human rights on Canadian labour law / Christian Brunelle
China's legal protection of workers' human rights / Liu Cheng and Sean Cooney
Workers' human rights in English law / ACL Davies
Enforcing labour rights through human rights norms: the approach of the Supreme Court of India / Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan
Legal protection of workers' human rights in Nigeria: regulatory changes and challenges / Chioma Agomo
Constitutionalisation of South African labour law: an experiment in the making / Stefan van Eck
Legal protection of workers' human rights: regulatory changes and challenges: the United States / Lance Compa
UN covenants and labour rights / Sarah Joseph
Taking social rights seriously: is there a case for institutional reform of the ILO? / Jill Murray
The ILO, freedom of association and Belarus / Lisa Tortell
Protection of workers under regional human rights systems: an assessment of evolving and divergent practices / Tonia Novitz
Is there a human right not to be a union member? Labour rights under the European Convention on Human Rights / Virginia Mantouvalou
Giving with one hand and taking with the other: protection of workers' human rights in the European Union / Tonia Novitz and Phil Syrpis
Core labour standards in the GSP Regime of the European Union: overshadowed by other considerations / Jan Orbie and Ferdi de Ville
Decent working hours as a human right: intersections in the regulation of working time / Deirdre McCann
Justice without the rule of law? The challenge of rights based industrial relations in contemporary Cambodia / Daniel Adler and Michael Woodcock
Australian textile clothing and footwear supply chain regulation / Shelley Marshall
Conclusion: Regulating to protect workers' human rights / Colin Fenwick and Tonia Novitz.
Summary
Pressures associated with globalisation of markets, exacerbated by the 'credit crunch', have placed pressure on many nation states to make their labour markets more 'flexible'. In so doing, many states have sought to reduce labour standards and to diminish the influence of trade unions as the advocates of such standards. One response to this development, both nationally and internationally, has been to emphasise that workers' rights are fundamental human rights. This collection of essays examines whether this is an appropriate or effective strategy.
The book begins by considering the translation of human rights discourse into labour standards, namely how theory might be put into practice. The remainder of the book tests hypotheses posited in the first chapter and is divided into three parts. The first part investigates, through a number of national case studies, how, in practice, workers' rights are treated as human rights in the domestic legal context. These ten chapters cover African, American, Asian, European, and Pacific countries. The second part consists of essays which analyse the operation of regional or international systems for human rights promotion, and their particular relevance to the treatment of workers' rights as human rights. The final part consists of chapters which explore regulatory alternatives to the traditional use of human rights law. The book concludes by considering the merits of various regulatory approaches.
The book begins by considering the translation of human rights discourse into labour standards, namely how theory might be put into practice. The remainder of the book tests hypotheses posited in the first chapter and is divided into three parts. The first part investigates, through a number of national case studies, how, in practice, workers' rights are treated as human rights in the domestic legal context. These ten chapters cover African, American, Asian, European, and Pacific countries. The second part consists of essays which analyse the operation of regional or international systems for human rights promotion, and their particular relevance to the treatment of workers' rights as human rights. The final part consists of chapters which explore regulatory alternatives to the traditional use of human rights law. The book concludes by considering the merits of various regulatory approaches.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K1763 .H86 2010
Language
English
ISBN
9781841139999 hardback
1841139998 hardback
9781841139982 paperback
184113998X paperback
1841139998 hardback
9781841139982 paperback
184113998X paperback
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