New perspectives on the public-private divide / edited by the Law Commission of Canada.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Law Commission of Canada.

Series:

Legal dimensions series.

Legal dimensions series, 1701-2317

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public law--Canada.

Civil rights--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The separation between public and private spheres has structured much of our thinking about human organizations. Scholars from nearly all disciplines use the notion of a public-private divide as a means to order knowledge and better understand the mechanisms that govern and shape human behaviour and institutions. In legal and socio-legal analysis, the distinction informs the differences between state and non-state actors and between public good and private property. This rich collection of essays explores how the public-private divide influences, challenges, and interacts with law and law reform. Through various case studies, the contributors reflect on this complex dichotomy's role in structuring the socio-legal environment for the personal, social, economic, and governance relationships of citizens. They demonstrate that while the split between the public and the private is a useful way to understand the world, it is always only an ideological construct, and as such open to challenge. Of primary interest to legal thinkers and practitioners, this volume will also hold sway with sociologists, historians, and political scientists with an interest in the nature of the public-private distinction, and its role in law and society.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Introduction

There's Only One Worker: Toward the Legal Integration of Paid Employment and Unpaid Caregiving

Private Needs and Public Space: Politics, Poverty, and Anti-Panhandling By-Laws in Canadian Cities

Private Life: Biotechnology and the Public-Private Divide

Invasions of Publicity: Digital Networks and the Privatization of the Public Sphere

Green Revolution or Greenwash? Voluntary Environmental Standards, Public Law, and Private Authority in Canada

The Emergence of Parallel Identity-Based Associations in Collective Bargaining Relations

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-33059-8

9786613330598

0-7748-5057-4

OCLC:

70772766