Human Rights in the Market Place: The Exploitation of Rights Protection by Economic Actors

Abstract

Contents: Preface Introduction: rights talk in the domain of supply and demand. Part I Theoretical Issues: A fracas in the cosmetics market: competing rights and the spectrum of economic actors The Sun, Liverpudlians and 'the truth': a corporate right to human rights? Profit in the beef industry and human health: consumer rights as basic human rights Taking the WTO to task in Seattle: basic rights protection as a legal strategy and the political and legal leverage of rights argument. Part II Testing Grounds: Antitrust recidivists as rights crusaders: fashioning producer rights in Europe The European laboratory: the construction of consumer rights in Europe Transatlantic trade wars: producer and consumer rights on the global stage Freedom of expression in the market place. Part III Concluding Comments: Rights talk in the marketplace: 'nonsense on stilts'? Select bibliography Index.

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