Social and Labour Rights in A Global Context: International and Comparative Perspectives

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List of contributors Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Table of cases Introduction Bob Hepple Part I. Responses to Globalisation: 1. Common law, labour law, global law Lord Wedderburn 2. The interaction of the ILO, the Council of Europe and European Union labour standards Paul O'Higgins Part II. The Potential of Fundamental Social Rights in the European Union: 3. The Politics of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Manfred Weiss 4. Market freedom and fundamental social rights Silvana Sciarra 5. Corporate governance, European governance and social rights Catherine Barnard and Simon Deakin Part III. Constitutionalisation and Enforcement of Social Rights: Some Comparisons: 6. Social rights as fundamental human rights Ivan Hare 7. The legal efficacy and significance of fundamental social rights: lessons from the European experience Antoine Lyon-Caen 8. An American perspective on fundamental labour rights Cynthia L. Estlund 9. The impact of fundamental social rights on Japanese law Takashi Araki 10. Enforcement: the law and politics of cooperation and compliance Bob Hepple Index.