Law and Marxism Book Series: A Legal Concept of Work
When: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Where: Online
The Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context‘s Law and Marxism’s book series presents a discussion of Zoe Adams’ new book, ‘A 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. It examines why perceptions of these activities can change over time, and how legal constitution impacts the way in which work comes to be regulated, organised, and valued. As part of the analysis, the book presents a series of case studies, ranging from the publishing industry, academia, medicine, and retail, with a view of illustrating some of the regulatory challenges different types of work face, in the context of capitalism.
Dr Zoe Adams (University of Cambridge) will be in discussion with Dr Rob Knox (University of Liverpool).
