Social justice and the world of work: Possible global futures.
Essays in honour of Francis Maupain.
Edited by Brian Languille and Anne Trebilcock
Hart Publishing and Bloomsbury Publishing 2023
(From tascplatform.org)
“Brian Langille, Professor of Law, University of Toronto and Anne Trebilcock,
associated with the Institute for Labour Law, University of Göttingen and former ILO
Legal Adviser introduce their new volume, “Social Justice and the World of Work:
Possible Global Futures”, and our up-coming event, “Social Justice and the Future of
the ILO”. tascplatform.org
Climate change, AI, the pandemic, shifting geopolitical sands, persistent inequalities, changing
demographic trends, overt questioning of the value of law and international law – all are
shaking the world of work. These and other trends place increased strain on our received
notions about globalization and existing policy choices.
In search of new thinking, we decided to co-edit a book of essays that is now being launched:
Social Justice and the World of Work: Possible Global Futures (Hart/Bloomsbury, 2023). This
volume brings together 31 pithy essays on social justice goals and the challenges we face, as
well as the means we have – or should have – to come to grips with them. The chapters take
fresh looks at ideas of social justice, critical connections with other fields, and the role of
institutions – from the International Labour Organization to regional bodies and public and
private actors.
We had an ulterior motive for the book: honouring the work of a man whose advice has
critically influenced the trajectory of the ILO over several decades: Francis Maupain. As Legal
Adviser and then Special Adviser to several Directors-General, he was the legal architect of the
ILO 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the 2008 Social Justice
Declaration for a Fair Globalization, and two amendments to the ILO Constitution aimed at
modernizing how the institution operates. In addition, he has been an influential writer and
mentor to many. But this is not a traditional “Festschrift;” indeed, some of the newer voices in
the volume have never met Maupain. This was a deliberate choice aimed at stimulating the
sort of real debate on which Maupain thrives. LINK TO READ MORE AT TASCPLATFORM
Link to read Description and table of contents at BLOOMSBURY site
