Law at Work
The Coercion and Co-Option of the Working Class
$46.53
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2024
Summary
In a series of illuminating essays, the renowned Harry Glasbeek unpacks how law has been used to ensure that workers’ aspirations are kept in check. Law at Work uncovers how the legal system, through its structures and mechanisms, legitimizes and reinforces the exploitation of workers. Using historic and contemporary examples, Glasbeek illustrates how conscious manipulations of law are part and parcel of how law protects capitalists at the expense of workers. He proves how the very laws designed to safeguard rights and freedoms often act as invisible shackles, compelling readers to reflect on their own struggles as they navigate a world where the legal system fails to serve their interests. These manipulations are made to look innocent because the underlying structures and ideology which give rise to specific rules are not challenged or challengeable. This thought-provoking book is an indispensable resource for those seeking to understand the hidden dynamics of worker oppression, empowering readers to question prevailing narratives and envision a future where the law truly serves the interests of all.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781771136471 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1771136472 |
| Author: | Harry Glasbeek |
| Publisher: | Between the Lines |
| Imprint: | Between the Lines |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
Critics Review
“Harry Glasbeek masterfully unmasks the hidden assumptions that inform the law at work, revealing law’s role in justifying and operationalizing employer superiority. Law at Work is driven by a passionate demand for human emancipation and a rigorous demonstration of why that is not possible under capitalism. Even if you think you understand labour law, you don’t until you’ve read this book.”
- Eric Tucker, professor emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
“Harry Glasbeek reveals how the legal system–meant to protect–paradoxically reinforces the exploitation of workers. Law at Work is a compelling read that challenges us to reconsider the emancipatory potential of the law for workers and their unions.”
- Larry Savage, chair, Department of Labour Studies, Brock University
“Harry Glasbeek is a passionate public intellectual, deeply committed to sharing all that he knows. And he knows a lot–especially about the class bias buried deep within our labour laws. Glasbeek’s insights in Law at Work match everything I’ve experienced over decades of union work. He’s also an utterly readable writer, using wit and understatements that make you laugh out loud, even as you shudder.”
- Laurell Ritchie, retired national representative, Unifor
Harry Glasbeek
Harry Glasbeek is professor emeritus and Senior Scholar of Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. He has taught in both Australia and Canada and has written 140 articles and twelve books, including Wealth by Stealth: Corporate Crime, Corporate Law, and the Perversion of Democracy, Class Privilege: How Law Shelters Shareholders and Coddles Capitalism, and Capitalism: A Crime Story. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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