Human rights in the market place the exploitation of rights protection by economic actors

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-250) and index.

A fracas in the cosmetics market : competing rights and the spectrum of economic actors -- The sun, Liverpudlians and "the truth" : a corporate right to human rights ? -- Profit in the beef industry and human health : consumer rights as human rights -- Taking the WTO to task at Seattle : basic rights protection as a legal strategy and the political and legal leverage of rights argument -- Antitrust recidivists as rights crusaders : fashioning producer rights in Europe -- The European laboratory : the construction of consumer rights in Europe -- Transatlantic trade wars : producer and consumer rights on the global stage -- Freedom of expression in the market place -- Rights talk in the market place : nonsense on stilts?