The legal concept of work / Zoe Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Zoe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation.

Labor laws and legislation--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Spanning from the 14th century to the present day, The Legal Concept of Work explores how the role of law and legal concepts, comes to consider some forms of human labour as work, and some forms of human labour as non-work, and why perceptions of these activities change over time.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Table of Cases

Table of Legislation

Introduction

I. A Social Ontology of Capitalism: Law, Work, and Time

1. The Legal Constitution of Work

2. Law, Capitalism, and the Function(s) of Work

II. The Legal Conception of Work

3. Work and Employment Status: Juridical Conceptions of Dependent Working Relations

4. Work and Time

5. A History of Management

6. Work, Non-Work, Care, and Gender

III. The Legal Construction of Different Types of Work

7. Creative Work: A History of Book Publishing

8. Academic Work

9. Medical Work

10. Retail Work

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Adams, Zoe The Legal Concept of Work

ISBN:

0-19-194864-0

0-19-267233-9

0-19-267232-0