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The Legal Concept of Work
Spanning from the 14th century to the present day, The Legal Concept of Work explores how the role of law and legal concepts, comes to consider some forms of human labour as work, and some forms of human labour as non-work, and why perceptions of these activities change over time.
Author(s) | By Zoe Adams (Lecturer in Law, Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge). |
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Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 416 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 10 Nov 2022 |
Availability | Available |
Spanning from the 14th century to the present day, The Legal Concept of Work explores how the role of law and legal concepts, comes to consider some forms of human labour as work, and some forms of human labour as non-work, and why perceptions of these activities change over time.
Introduction PART I: The Social Ontology of Capitalism: Law, Work, and Time 1: The Legal Constitution of Work 2: Law, Capitalism, and the Function(s) of Work Part II: The Legal Conception of Work 3: Work and Employment Status: Juridical Conceptions o
Zoe Adams, Fellow and Admissions Tutor, King's College, University of Cambridge; Affiliated Lecturer of Law, University of Cambridge. Zoe Adams has a BA from Pembroke College, Cambridge, an LLM from the European University Institute in Florence, and a