Human rights as foundations for labour law
Human rights as foundations for labour law
The aim of this chapter is to map out how different theories of human rights might be used as philosophical justifications for labour law. Although labour rights are included in many constitutions and international human rights documents there remains controversy over their status and philosophical justification as human rights. These ongoing doubts illustrate a normative gap that currently exists between the practice and philosophy of labour rights as human rights. This chapter provides an overview of contemporary theories of human rights, and uses these to explore the legitimacy of aligning labour rights and human rights as a matter of theory.
human rights, Labour law, Labour rights, Philosophical foundations, Rights-based justification
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Atkinson, Joe
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1 January 2019
Atkinson, Joe
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Atkinson, Joe
(2019)
Human rights as foundations for labour law.
In,
Collins, Hugh, Lester, Gillian and Mantouvalou, Virginia
(eds.)
Philosophical Foundations of Labour Law.
Oxford University Press, .
(doi:10.1093/oso/9780198825272.003.0007).
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The aim of this chapter is to map out how different theories of human rights might be used as philosophical justifications for labour law. Although labour rights are included in many constitutions and international human rights documents there remains controversy over their status and philosophical justification as human rights. These ongoing doubts illustrate a normative gap that currently exists between the practice and philosophy of labour rights as human rights. This chapter provides an overview of contemporary theories of human rights, and uses these to explore the legitimacy of aligning labour rights and human rights as a matter of theory.
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e-pub ahead of print date: December 2018
Published date: 1 January 2019
Keywords:
human rights, Labour law, Labour rights, Philosophical foundations, Rights-based justification
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Joe Atkinson
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Hugh Collins
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Gillian Lester
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Virginia Mantouvalou
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