Global Justice and International Labour Rights (Introduction)

Global Justice and International Labour Rights, edited by Yossi Dahan, Hanna Lerner and Faina Milman-Sivan (Cambridge University Press), Forthcoming

34 Pages Posted: 13 Apr 2017

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Yossi Dahan

Ramat Gan Law School - “College of Law and Business

Hanna Lerner

School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, Tel Aviv University

Faina Milman-Sivan

University of Haifa - Faculty of Law

Date Written: May 30, 2016

Abstract

This is the introduction chapter of a new edited volume titled Global Justice and International Labour Rights, edited by Yossi Dahan, Hanna Lerner and Faina Milman-Sivan (Cambridge University Press). Despite the growing global consensus regarding the need to ensure minimal labor standards, such as adequate safety and health conditions, freedom of association and the prohibition of child labor, millions of workers across the world continue to work in horrific conditions. Who should be held responsible, both morally and legally, for protecting workers' rights? What moral and legal obligations should individuals and institutions bear towards foreign workers in their countries? Is there any democratic way to generate, regulate, and enforce labor standards in a global labor market? The essays included in the book address these questions by taking a fresh look at the normative assumptions underlying existing, and proposed, international labor regulations. By focusing on international labor as a particular sphere of justice, the book seeks to advance both the contemporary philosophical debate on global justice and the legal scholarship on international labor.

The introduction presents the main themes addressed by the book chapters, written by experts in international labor law, philosophy, political theory and public policy. The contributors consider, conceptually and empirically, the various ways in which contemporary theories of global justice can either serve as an alternative foundation for international labor law or highlight the need to rethink certain aspects therein.

Keywords: International Labor Law, Labor Law, Justice, Global Justice, Responsibility, Supply Chains, International Labor Organization, Political Theory and Labor, Labor Rights, Labor Standards

Suggested Citation

Dahan, Yossi and Lerner, Hanna and Milman-Sivan, Faina, Global Justice and International Labour Rights (Introduction) (May 30, 2016). Global Justice and International Labour Rights, edited by Yossi Dahan, Hanna Lerner and Faina Milman-Sivan (Cambridge University Press), Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2951549

Yossi Dahan

Ramat Gan Law School - “College of Law and Business ( email )

26 Ben-Gurion St.
Ramat Gan, 52275
Israel

Hanna Lerner (Contact Author)

School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, Tel Aviv University ( email )

Tel Aviv
Israel

Faina Milman-Sivan

University of Haifa - Faculty of Law ( email )

Mount Carmel
Haifa, 31905
Israel

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