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"Preface" [2019] ELECD 1586; in Bellace, R. Janice; ter Haar, Beryl (eds), "Research Handbook on Labour, Business and Human Rights Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) x

Book Title: Research Handbook on Labour, Business and Human Rights Law

Editor(s): Bellace, R. Janice; ter Haar, Beryl

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Preface


This book brings together the research and reflections of 30 contributors in 24 chapters,
each exploring the notion of labour and human rights. As we discuss in the first
chapter, there is no standard meaning of the terms `labour rights' and `human rights'
especially with regard to human rights as they may apply to persons who are working.
In inviting legal scholars to write on the topic of labour, business and human rights, we
deliberately cast the net widely because we did not want to be bound by the notions of
Anglo-Saxon countries, or EU countries, or of international law specialists. We asked
authors to consider the meaning of labour and human rights in their own country,
although we recognized that this would often be influenced by international and
supranational sources. We also took into account the fact that different generations
might hold different views regarding human rights and thus sought out authors from
different generations. We expected some diversity of views, if only because the 31
authors hail from many different countries and cultures. But the diversity of views, and
particularly the way in which the topic was addressed, were greater than expected. The
richness of the insights and the different angles of analysis prompted us, the editors, to
refine and to push the boundaries of our own thinking on this topic, for which we are
grateful.
The first, introductory, chapter gives an overview of the different perspectives on
labour and human rights, and seeks to link ...