Buch, Englisch, 346 Seiten
Buch, Englisch, 346 Seiten
Reihe: Bulletin of Comparative Labour
ISBN: 978-90-411-6747-7
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer
Contributions by twenty outstanding labour law scholars from a range of countries worldwide provide in-depth analysis of such aspects of the debate as the following:
- – collective action in the interests of market effectiveness as well as fair outcomes for workers;
- - right to strike;
- - resilience of trade unions and collective bargaining as mechanisms of labour market regulation;
- - importance of national policy, despite the influence of global market forces, in shaping national outcomes;
- - work as the locus of the relationship between humans and nature;
- - search for a legal foundation for corporate social responsibility;
- - litigation as an alternative to collective bargaining;
- - the role of collective labour relations for immigrants and disabled people;
- - lessons that developed countries could learn from mechanisms pioneered in developing countries in coping with conditions of austerity; and
- - the trap of soft law and of declarations of intent that weigh lightly in the face of the power of the interests at play in international trade.
The essays take stock of the dimensions of the current situation and also explore paths leading to a better achievement of social justice in labour law.
These essays recognize that economic development and the pursuit of social justice are interwoven in a quest for social progress that includes mechanisms designed to eliminate unjustifiable inequality. For lawyers and other parties committed to the emerging political will to not only respect fundamental rights, but more broadly improve labour and environmental protection, this book opens abundant avenues that can be pursued in practice and in policy.
The volume is based on a selection of papers presented at the 21st World Congress of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law in Cape Town in 2015.