Minimum contract justice : a capabilities perspective on sweatshops and consumer contracts / Lyn KL Tjon Soei Len.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tjon Soei Len, Lyn K. L. (Lyn Kim Lan), 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer goods--Law and legislation--Moral and ethical aspects--Europe.

Consumer goods.

Foreign trade regulation--Moral and ethical aspects--Europe.

Foreign trade regulation.

Immoral contracts--Europe.

Immoral contracts.

Law and globalization--Law and legislation--Moral and ethical aspects--Europe.

Law and globalization.

Offshore assembly industry--Law and legislation--Moral and ethical aspects--Europe.

Offshore assembly industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

This monograph offers the first systematic overview of the protection of human rights in trade agreements in the Americas. Traditionally, trade agreements in the Americas were concerned with economic questions and paid little attention to human rights. However, in the wake of the 'new regionalism', which emerged at the end of the last century, more clauses addressing social issues such as labour rights and environmental standards were inserted in trade agreements. As economic integration increased, a framework for the protection of human rights evolved. This book argues that this framework allows for human rights protection on a transnational level, while constructing regional identities. Looking at the four key regional integration processes, namely the Caribbean Community, the Central American Integration System, the Andean Community of Nations and the Southern Common Market, and also at the North American Free Trade Agreement, it shows how the integration process has reached a considerable degree of consolidation. Writing on key sources in English for the first time, this book will be essential reading for all free trade and human rights scholars

Contents:

Free trade and protection of human rights in the Americas

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the protection of human rights

The protection of human rights in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

The protection of human rights within the Central American Integration System (SICA)

The Andean Community and the protection of human rights

The Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the protection of human rights

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781782257585

1782257586

9781782257127

1782257128

9781782257110

178225711X

9781782257103

1782257101

OCLC:

964698433