The first book to explore the philosophical foundations of labour law in detail, including topics such as the meaning of work, the relationship between employee and employer, and the demands of justice in the workplace.

1: Hugh Collins, Gillian Lester, and Virginia Mantouvalou: Introduction: Does Labour Law Need Philosophical Foundations? Part I: Freedom, Dignity, and Human Rights 2: John Gardner: The Contractualisation of Labour Law 3: Hugh Collins: Is the Contract of Employment Illiberal? 4: Pablo Gilabert: Dignity at Work 5: David Cabrelli and Rebecca Zahn: Civic Republican Political Theory and Labour Law 6: Brian Langille: Human Freedom: A Way out of Labour Law's Fly Bottle 7: Joe Atkinson: Human Rights as Foundations for Labour Law Part II: Distributive Justice and Exploitation 8: Guy Davidov: Distributive Justice and Labour Law 9: Noah D. Zatz: Discrimination and Labour Law: Locating the Market in Maldistribution and Subordination 10: Jonathan Wolff: Structures of Exploitation 11: Virginia Mantouvalou: Legal Construction of Structures of Exploitation 12: Horacio Spector: A Risk Theory of Exploitation Part III: Workplace Democracy and Self-Determination 13: Alan Bogg and Cynthia Estlund: The Right to Strike and Contestatory Citizenship 14: Martin O'Neill and Stuart White: Trade Unions and Political Equality Part IV: Social Inclusion 15: Joanne Conaghan: Gender and the Labour of Law 16: Einat Albin: Social Inclusion for Labour Law: Meeting Particular Scales of Justice 17: Sabine Tsuruda: Volunteer Work, Inclusivity, and Social Equality 18: Mark Freedland: Reinforcing the Philosophical Foundations of Social Inclusion: The Isolated Worker in the Isolated State

Brings together leading scholars in law and philosophy from around the world to examine the philosophical foundations of labour law Addresses the political and theoretical challenges posed by globalization, marketization, and technological disruption Explores why and how the law regulates and ought to regulate work and relations in the workplace Examines the extent to which labour law should be shaped by concepts such as human rights, dignity, freedom, and the respect for the equality of persons

Hugh Collins FBA is the Vinerian Professor of English Law at All Souls College, Oxford. Previously he was Professor of English Law at the London School of Economics and a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford. Gillian Lester is the Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Previously she held faculty appointments at the University of California Berkeley School Of Law (2006-2014) and at UCLA School of Law (1994-2005). Virginia Mantouvalou is Reader in Human Rights and Labour Law and Co-Director of the UCL Institute for Human Rights. She is also Director of Graduate Research Studies at UCL.

Brings together leading scholars in law and philosophy from around the world to examine the philosophical foundations of labour law Addresses the political and theoretical challenges posed by globalization, marketization, and technological disruption Explores why and how the law regulates and ought to regulate work and relations in the workplace Examines the extent to which labour law should be shaped by concepts such as human rights, dignity, freedom, and the respect for the equality of persons