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Author Hepple, B. A.

Title Labour laws and global trade / Bob Hepple
Published Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 302 pages)
Contents Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Contents -- Boxes -- Tables -- Preface -- Table of Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- 1. Does Transnational Labour Regulation Matter? -- 2. The Effectiveness of International Labour Standards -- 3. Privatising Regulation: Codes, Agreements, and Guidlines -- 4. Unilateral Social Clauses -- 5. Social Clauses in Bilateral and Regional Agreements -- 6. The WTO and Social Clauses -- 7. Labour Laws Beyond Borders -- 8. Negative and Positive Harmonisation in the EU -- 9. New Methods in Integration in the EU
10. The Comparative Advantages of Labour Laws -- References -- Index
Summary The focus of globalisation studies is on how global processes can be better regulated in order to deliver both economic growth and social justice. Labour laws provide an excellent case study of the creation of a new framework to reconcile free trade and investment with social objectives. This book, written by a leading authority on international and comparative labour law, provides a thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of the new methods of transnational labour regulation that are emerging in response to globalisation. The author reassesses orthodox views, from the viewpoint of a theory of
Analysis Labor laws and legislation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-294) and index
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SUBJECT Internationales Arbeitsamt gnd
Subject Labor laws and legislation, International.
Labor laws and legislation.
Foreign trade regulation.
International trade.
Globalization.
Social justice.
Social Justice
globalism.
LAW -- Labor & Employment.
Droit du travail.
Politique du commerce extérieur.
UE/CE Droit.
Accords de libre-échange.
Droits fondamentaux.
Relations de travail.
Organisation mondiale du commerce.
Organisation internationale du travail.
Pays développés.
Pays en développement.
Analyse comparative.
Foreign trade regulation
Globalization
International trade
Labor laws and legislation
Labor laws and legislation, International
Social justice
Globalisierung
Internationales Arbeitsrecht
Arbeidsrecht.
Internationalisatie.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781847312303
1847312306
9781472563286
147256328X