Occupational Health and Safety Law

Brenda Barrett, Richard Howells (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

1999 | 3rd edition
Longman (Verlag)
978-0-273-63441-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Fully updated, the third edition of this text is written for students with a special interest in health and safety but who have not studied law in depth. The book outlines the legal system in which English health and safety law functions and also explains the role of the EC in determining safety standards under Article 118A of the Treaty of Rome.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.
PART ONE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW IN CONTEXT.
2. Occupational health and safety law in context.
3. History of occupational health and safety law.
PART TWO FRAMEWORK FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW.
4. Framework legislation for occupational health and safety.
5. The general duties and general principles of liability.
6. Responsibilities of employers and employees.
7. Other general duties: safe industrial activity.
8. Other relevant statutory provisions.
9. Framework regulations.
10. Regulations.
11. Implementation and enforcement of the 1974 Act.
12. Worker involvement.
PART THREE COMPENSATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
13. Introduction: nature and purpose of civil liability.
14. Liability in negligence.
15. Civil liability for breach of statutory duty.
16. General defences to civil liability.
PART FOUR SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES AT THE WORKPLACE.
17. Safe systems at the workplace.
18. Procedures after an accident.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.3.1999
• Reihe/Serie: Frameworks Series
• Verlagsort: Harlow
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 235 x 156 mm
• Gewicht: 500 g
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
• ISBN-10: 0-273-63441-0 / 0273634410
• ISBN-13: 978-0-273-63441-6 / 9780273634416
• Zustand: Neuware