The European Social Charter and Employment Relation
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| Anteprima |
This
collection addresses the potential of the European Social Charter to
promote and safeguard social rights in Europe. Drawing on the expertise
of the ETUI Transnational Trade Union Rights expert network from across
Europe, it provides a comprehensive commentary on these fundamental
rights. Taking a two part approach, it offers an in-depth legal analysis
of the European Social Charter as a new social constitution for Europe,
investigating first the potential of the general legal frame in which
the Charter is embedded. In the second phase a series of social rights
which are related to the employment relation are examined in particular
in light of the jurisprudence of the European Committee of Social Rights
(ECSR), to demonstrate the crucial but difficult role of the Charter's
supervisory bodies to secure the respect and promotion of social rights
and national level, bearing in mind the reciprocal influence of other
international social rights instruments. This examination is timely,
given the pressure exerted on those rights during the recent period of
economic crisis. Furthermore, in the light of the predominantly economic
vision of Europe, such analysis is crucial. The collection is aimed at
stimulating academic scrutiny and raising awareness amongst
practitioners and trade unions about this important and equally
necessary anchor of the social dimension of Europe in legal and
political practice.
