Fritz Fabricius is Emeritus Professor of Law, Ruhr-University of Bochum and President of the Committee of Experts for the European Social Charter, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

'For everyone interested in the subject of social and economic rights of workers, this book is a must.' Andreas Nicolas Loizou, President of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

• The legal framework of the EC and human rights; perspectives of an international labour, economic and social legal order on the fundamentals of human rights; the legal status of the employee in industrialised societies/reflections on the Welfare State; strike and lockout in the light of the European Social Charter and of common human rights.

Fritz Fabricius is Emeritus Professor of Law, Ruhr-University of Bochum and President of the Committee of Experts for the European Social Charter, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

'For everyone interested in the subject of social and economic rights of workers, this book is a must.' Andreas Nicolas Loizou, President of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

• The legal framework of the EC and human rights; perspectives of an international labour, economic and social legal order on the fundamentals of human rights; the legal status of the employee in industrialised societies/reflections on the Welfare State; strike and lockout in the light of the European Social Charter and of common human rights.

Fritz Fabricius is Emeritus Professor of Law, Ruhr-University of Bochum and President of the Committee of Experts for the European Social Charter, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

'For everyone interested in the subject of social and economic rights of workers, this book is a must.' Andreas Nicolas Loizou, President of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

• The legal framework of the EC and human rights; perspectives of an international labour, economic and social legal order on the fundamentals of human rights; the legal status of the employee in industrialised societies/reflections on the Welfare State; strike and lockout in the light of the European Social Charter and of common human rights.