Human Rights in Private Law

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 Book 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. Among The Contributors Are Professor Todd Rakoff (harvard), Professor Roger Brownsword (sheffield), Professor Hugh Beale (warwick) And Professor Ewan Mckendrick (oxford), Professor Ernest Weinrib And Professor Lorraine Weinrib (toronto), Professor Christian Starck (gottingen), Professor Andreas Heldrich (munich) And Others 1. Introduction -- Daniel Friedmann And Daphne Barak-erez -- Part I: Constitutional Values And Private Law-the Theoretical Framework -- 2. Constitutional Human Rights And Private Law -- Aharon Barak -- 3. Constitutional Values And Private Law In Canada -- Lorraine E. Weinrib And Ernest J. Weinrib -- 4. Determining The Stakes: Binding And Non-binding Bills Of Rights -- Anton Fagan -- 5. Human Rights And Private Law In German Constitutional Development And In The Jurisdiction Of The Federal Constitutional Court -- Christian Starck -- 6. Importing Constitutional Values Through Blanket Clauses -- Andreas Heldrich And Gebhard M. Rehm -- Part Ii: The Impact Of The European Convention On Human Rights -- 7. The Impact Of The Human Rights Act 1998 On English Tort And Contract Law -- Hugh Beale And Nicola Pittam -- 8. The European Convention Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms And German Private Law -- Reinhard Ellger -- Part Iii: Contract And Property Law -- 9. Freedom Of Contract, Human Rights And Human Dignity -- Roger Brownsword -- 10. Equality Of Opportunity And Private Law -- Peter Benson -- 11. Property Rights, Public Policy And The Limits Of The Legal Power To Discriminate -- Amnon Reichman -- Part Iv: Labour Law -- 12. Enforcement Of Employment Contracts And The Anti-slavery Norm -- Todd D. Rakoff -- 13. Human Rights And The Employment Relationship: A Look Through The Prism Of Juridification -- Guy Mundlak -- Part V: The Law Of Torts -- 14. Negligence And Human Rights: Reconsidering Osman -- Ewan Mckendrick -- 15. Horizontal Equality And The Law Of Torts -- Ofer Grosskopf -- 16. Privacy In The Digital Age: Vanishing In Cyberspace? -- Gebhard M. Rehm Edited By Daniel Friedmann And Daphne Barak-erez. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index Also Issued In Print English