Law, Labour and the Humanities - 9780367077174

Taylor & Francis

Law, Labour and the HumanitiesContemporary European Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Tiziano Toracca, Angela Condello\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367077174, 978-0367077174\nSynopsis\nThe ontology of work and the economics of value underpin the legal institution, with the existence of modern law predicated upon the subject as labourer. \n\nIn contemporary Europe, labour is more than a mere economic relationship. Indeed, labour occupies a central position in human existence: since the industrial revolution, it has been the principal criterion of reciprocal recognition and of universal mobilization. This multi-disciplinary volume analyses labour and its depictions in their interaction with the latest legal, socio-economic, political and artistic tendencies. Addressing such issues as deregulation, flexibility, de-industrialization, the pervasive enlargement of markets, digitization and virtual relationships, social pola.