Sean Cooney is an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia.Sarah Biddulph is Associate Professor and Reader in the Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia.Ying Zhu is a Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Asian Business, IGSB, University of South Australia.

"All in all, the book is well researched and structured and provides new insights into the workings of Chinese society today, and not only as far as labor issues are concerned. In addition, it provides an interesting historical overview of the development of work legislation in China." Hatla Thelle, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, The China Journal "Law and Fair Work in China is perhaps the most important scholarly contribution to the field of Chinese labor law in at least a decade." – ILR Reivew, Cornell University

• 1. Introduction  2. Chinese fair work law from 1912 to 1978: creation and destruction  3. A second start: the re-creation of labour market and legal institutions from 1978 to 1994  4. The Labour Law of 1994: structuring modern Chinese work regulation  5. After the Labour Law: crisis and regulatory responses from 1994 to 2007  6. The Labour Contract Law of 2007: reforming contract to protect work standards?  7. Making reform work? Dispute resolution, labour inspection and firm behaviour since 2007  8. Conclusion: eight observations about fair work law in China

Sean Cooney is an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia.Sarah Biddulph is Associate Professor and Reader in the Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia.Ying Zhu is a Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Asian Business, IGSB, University of South Australia.

"All in all, the book is well researched and structured and provides new insights into the workings of Chinese society today, and not only as far as labor issues are concerned. In addition, it provides an interesting historical overview of the development of work legislation in China." Hatla Thelle, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, The China Journal "Law and Fair Work in China is perhaps the most important scholarly contribution to the field of Chinese labor law in at least a decade." – ILR Reivew, Cornell University

• 1. Introduction  2. Chinese fair work law from 1912 to 1978: creation and destruction  3. A second start: the re-creation of labour market and legal institutions from 1978 to 1994  4. The Labour Law of 1994: structuring modern Chinese work regulation  5. After the Labour Law: crisis and regulatory responses from 1994 to 2007  6. The Labour Contract Law of 2007: reforming contract to protect work standards?  7. Making reform work? Dispute resolution, labour inspection and firm behaviour since 2007  8. Conclusion: eight observations about fair work law in China

Sean Cooney is an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia.Sarah Biddulph is Associate Professor and Reader in the Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Australia.Ying Zhu is a Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Asian Business, IGSB, University of South Australia.

"All in all, the book is well researched and structured and provides new insights into the workings of Chinese society today, and not only as far as labor issues are concerned. In addition, it provides an interesting historical overview of the development of work legislation in China." Hatla Thelle, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, The China Journal "Law and Fair Work in China is perhaps the most important scholarly contribution to the field of Chinese labor law in at least a decade." – ILR Reivew, Cornell University

• 1. Introduction  2. Chinese fair work law from 1912 to 1978: creation and destruction  3. A second start: the re-creation of labour market and legal institutions from 1978 to 1994  4. The Labour Law of 1994: structuring modern Chinese work regulation  5. After the Labour Law: crisis and regulatory responses from 1994 to 2007  6. The Labour Contract Law of 2007: reforming contract to protect work standards?  7. Making reform work? Dispute resolution, labour inspection and firm behaviour since 2007  8. Conclusion: eight observations about fair work law in China