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
Notes
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