Giving Up on the Human Right to Work

Authors

James W. Nickel, University of Miami School of LawFollow

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

2015

Publication Title

The Right to Work: Legal and Philosophical Perspectives

Abstract

Do we have a human right to work? What is the content of the right? Does it impose a duty on governments to promote full employment? Does it entail an obligation to protect decent work? There is also a question about the right-holders. Do migrants have a right to work, for example? At the same time many people would rather not work. What kind of right is this, if many people do not want to have it? The chapters of this book address the uncertainty and controversy that surround the right to work both in theoretical scholarship and in policymaking.

ISBN

9781849465106

Publisher Information

Hart Publishing

Recommended Citation

James W. Nickel, Giving Up on the Human Right to Work The Right to Work: Legal and Philosophical Perspectives (2015).