International and Comparative Labour Law Current Challenges [Paperback]

A stimulating, authoritative account of international employment law written by a leading figure who for many years has shaped global policy, striving to implement fairer working conditions worldwide. We are expertly guided though the context and development of labour law, making this book ideal for study or research.PART I: LABOUR LAW AT A CROSSROADS.- Labour Law's Origins and Influences.- Sources of Labour Law.- The Labour Maw model From 1945 to 1975.- The Standard Employment Relationship.- Worldwide Changes and the Emergence of a New Work Paradigm.- Stagflation and the Labour Flexibility Debate.- International Competition.- Technological Change and the Emergence of Post-Fordist Organizational Patterns.- The End of the Cold War.- Current Crises in Labour Law.- PART II: WHO IS PROTECTED BY LABOUR LAW?.- Labour Law and the Informal Economy.- Towards a Legal Definition of the Informal Economy.- Policy Issues.- Atypical Work: From Rejection to Integration in Labour Law.- Dependentindependent Workers and the Defocusing of the Employment Relationship.- Disguised Employment Relationships.- Decentralization of Production and its Impact on Labour and Employment Relations.- Challenges That Decentralization of Production Poses for Labour Law.- PART III: SECURITY OF EMPLOYMENT.- Unfair Dismissal.- An Increasing Number of Exceptions . . . That do not Reverse the Rule.- Limitations on the Abuse of Fixed-term Employment Contracts.- Remedies Against Unfair Dismissal.- PART IV: GLOBAL TRADE AND LABOUR LAW.- Is Substandard Labour a Legitimate Comparative Advantage?.- Strategies to Address the Relationship Between International Trade and Labour Rights.- International and Supranational Rules.- Harmonization.- The Social Clause: From WTO to ILO.- The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998.- Labour-related Provisions in Multilateral and Bilateral Trade Agreements.- Unilateral Social Clauses: The Generalized Systel-