Subjects:

Human Rights and Civil Liberties

Contents:

Introduction, Daniel Friedmann and Daphne Barak-Erez. Part 1 Constitutional value and private law - the theoretical framework: constitutional human rights and private law, Aharon Barak

constitutional values and private law in Canada, Lorraine E. Weinrib and Ernest J. Weinrib

determining the stakes - binding and non-binding bills of rights, Anton Fagan

human rights and private law in German constitutional development and in the jurisdiction of the federal constitutional court, Christian Starck

importing constitutional values through blanket clauses, Andreas Heldrich and Gebhard M. Rehm. Part 2 The impact of the European convention on human rights: the impact of the human rights act 1998 on English tort and contract law, High Beale and Nicola Pittam

the European convention of human rights and fundamental freedoms and German private law, Reinhard Ellger. Part 3 Contract and property law: freedom of contract, human rights and human dignity, Roger Brownsword

equality of opportunity and private law, Peter Benson

property rights, public policy and the limits of the legal power to discriminate, Amnon Reichman. Part 4 Labour law: enforcement of employment contracts and the anti-slavery norm, Todd D. Rakoff

human rights and the employment relationship - a look through the prism of juridification, Guy Mundlak. Part 5 The law of torts: negligence and human rights -reconsidering ""Osman"", Ewan McKendrick

horizontal equality and the law of torts, Ofer Grosskopf

privacy in the digital age - vanishing in cyberspace?, Gebhard M. Rehm.

Traditionally, the theory of human rights limited its application to the public domain, namely the relationships between individuals and public authorities. The great expansion of human rights legislation and concepts in modern national and international law has given rise to a major issue relating to their potential impact on private relationships. This work examines this important topic, which may revolutionize private law. It presents new approaches which strive to broaden the application of human rights to the private field on the ground that power can be abused and human rights can be infringed even when all parties are private. The subject is examined from theoretical and comparative perspectives by leading scholars representing a diversity of legal systems - the United States, Canada, England, South Africa, Germany and Israel.