Normative Patterns and Legal Developments in the Social Dimension of the EU

Ann Numhauser-Henning and Mia Rönnmar are both Professors of Private Law at Lund University, Sweden.

• Part I Introduction1. Introduction Ann Numhauser-Henning and Mia RönnmarPart II Law as Normative Patterns and Other Theoretical Perspectives2. Understanding Law as Normative Patterns in a Normative Field Ann Numhauser-Henning3. Law Beyond Law Kaarlo Tuori4. The 'Autonomy' of Private Governments: Building on Italian Labour Law Scholarship in a Transnational Perspective Silvana SciarraPart III Protection of Established Position and Normative Development5. Protection of Established Position, Normative Incoherence and the Changing Normative Field of Labour Law Niklas Bruun6. Protection of Established Position, Social Protection and the Legal Situation of the Elderly in the European Union Mia Rönnmar7. Participation and Flexibility for All? A Study of Modern Family Structures and Children's Rights Titti MattssonPart IV Market-Functionalism and Normative Development8. Concepts of the Market in Labour Law Simon Deakin9. The Use of Market Forces in Social Security: How Insurance-like Should Social Insurance Be?Per Norberg10. Parenthood Meets Market-Functionalism: Parental Rights in the Labour Market and the Importance of the Gender Dimension Jenny Julén VotiniusPart V Just Distribution and Normative Development11. Flexicurity and Labour Law: Labour Market Segmentation, Precarious Work and Just Distribution Judy Fudge12. Changing Normative Patterns in Statutory Old-Age Pensions: Reflections on Developments Due to Pension Reform and EU Citizenship Thomas Erhag13. Normative Patterns in the Context of Divorce in Sweden Eva Ryrstedt