Transnationalisation of Social Rights - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780683960 ISBN 13: 9781780683966

Publisher: Intersentia, 2016

Synopsis

Migration crisis, food crisis, economic crisis the most alarming tendencies in our contemporary world are related to the transnational social question. But what role does transnational law play in this context: Does it exacerbate the asymmetries by shielding the rich and exploiting the poor? Or is the emerging regime of international social human rights a promising candidate for countering the crisis of world society?This book scrutinises both the potentials and the boundaries of de-coupling the notion of "social rights" from the nation-state and of transferring it to the transnational sphere. By drawing on a critical theory of transnational law, it provides in-depth analyses of the different sites where the struggle for social rights is at stake, such as the emerging transnational food regime, the ILO, international environmental law and the accountability of private actors. It reveals enforcement structures, discusses judicial doctrine and relates these aspects to the social and political struggles which surround the transnationalisation of social rights.

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About the Author

Andreas Fischer-Lescano is Professor of Public Law, European Law and International Law and Managing Director of the Centre of European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Intersentia
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780683960
• ISBN 13: 9781780683966
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Fischer-Lescano Andreas, Möller Kolja