Human Rights and European Politics: The Legal Political Status of Workers in the European Community

by Fritz Fabricius

Overview

This volume examines the roots of economic and social human rights in the Enlightenment thinking of Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Kant. The author observes how these thinkers' ideas on such topics have been neglected since the nineteenth century and discusses such hotly-debated issues as ownership of the product of labour, strikes and lockouts in light of these ideas. He concludes that it is vital for the Single Market to extend beyond human rights to the social and economic spheres, going beyond the terms of the Maasrticht Treaty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780854967636
Publisher:	Berg Publishers
Publication date:	09/02/1992
Series:	International Issues
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	201
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Fritz Fabricius is Emeritus Professor of Law, Ruhr-University of Bochum and President of the Committee of Experts for the European Social Charter, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

Editorial Reviews

For everyone interested in the subject of social and economic rights of workers, this book is a must.” —Andreas Nicolas Loizou, President of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

From the Publisher

For everyone interested in the subject of social and economic rights of workers, this book is a must.

Andreas Nicolas Loizou