03581nam 2200709Ia 450 991081230190332120230120084532.01-315-58753-X1-317-11974-61-317-11973-81-281-79874-697866117987410-7546-9271-X(CKB)1000000000550060(EBL)438333(OCoLC)567995591(SSID)ssj0000175080(PQKBManifestationID)11152245(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175080(PQKBWorkID)10188344(PQKB)10472806(Au-PeEL)EBL438333(CaPaEBR)ebr10250453(CaONFJC)MIL922800(Au-PeEL)EBL5293416(CaONFJC)MIL179874(OCoLC)1027205381(MiAaPQ)EBC438333(EXLCZ)99100000000055006020080415d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman rights in the market place the exploitation of rights protection by economic actors /Christopher Harding, Uta Kohl and Naomi SalmonAldershot, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgate Pub.c20081 online resource (265 p.)Markets and the lawDescription based upon print version of record.0-7546-4694-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction: Rights Talk in the Domain of Supply and Demand; PART I: THEORETICAL ISSUES; 1 A Fracas in the Cosmetics Market: Competing Rights and the Spectrum of Economic Actors; 2 The Sun, Liverpudlians and 'The Truth': A Corporate Right to Human Rights?; 3 Profit in the Beef Industry and Human Health: Consumer Rights as Basic Human Rights; 4 Taking the WTO to Task in Seattle: Basic Rights Protection as a Legal Strategy and the Political and Legal Leverage of Rights Argument; PART II: TESTING GROUNDS5 Antitrust Recidivists as Rights Crusaders: Fashioning Producer Rights in Europe6 The European Laboratory: The Construction of Consumer Rights in Europe; 7 Transatlantic Trade Wars: Producer and Consumer Rights on the Global Stage; 8 Freedom of Expression in the Market Place; PART III: CONCLUDING COMMENTS; 9 Rights Talk in the Market Place: 'Nonsense upon Stilts'?; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; WThe ideology of human rights protection has gained considerable momentum and appears to be an effective lever for bringing about legal change. This book analyzes this strategy in economic and commercial policy and considers the transportation of the 'public law' discourse of basic human rights protection into the 'commercial law' context of economic policy, business activity and corporate behaviour.Markets and the law.Human rightsEconomic aspectsEuropeConsumer protectionLaw and legislationEuropeHuman rightsEconomic aspectsConsumer protectionLaw and legislation341.4/8341.48Harding Christopher1951-250333Kohl Uta1717114Salmon Naomi1717115MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812301903321Human rights in the market place4112980UNINA