Oxford Labour Law – serie
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36 produkter
Structural Injustice and Workers' Rights
Inbunden, 2023
1386 kr
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When discussing exploitation in workplaces, governments typically deploy a rhetoric of personal responsibility: they place attention on employers who take advantage of workers, or on workers who choose non-standard, precarious work arrangements. On this account, the responsibility of the state is …
Shaping Contracts for Work
The Normative Influence of Terms Implied by Law
Inbunden, 2023
1318 kr
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Shaping Contracts for Work provides an in-depth examination of the common law's role in shaping employment contracts through the mechanism of implied terms. It constructs a theory which views the nature of the employment contract as distinct from other types of work contract. Terms implied by law …
Putting Human Rights to Work
Labour Law, The ECHR, and The Employment Relation
Inbunden, 2022
1450 kr
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The very existence of an employment relationship places the human rights of a worker at risk. Employers can, and frequently do, exercise their managerial and disciplinary powers in a manner that interferes with the most fundamental rights of the individual worker. Adequate safeguards against such …
Underpaid and Unrecognized
State-Induced Unfree Labour
Av Katie Bales, Amir Paz-Fuchs
Inbunden, 2026
1384 kr
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Unfree labour is not a relic of pre-modern economies, nor a peripheral concern within contemporary labour regulation. It is not confined to criminal enterprises or the illicit margins of the market. Rather, it is sustained, expanded, and legitimated by state institutions that claim to be its …
The Law of the Labour Market
Industrialization, Employment, and Legal Evolution
Av Simon Deakin, Frank Wilkinson
Inbunden, 2005
2819 kr
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The emergence of a 'labour market' in industrial societies implies not just greater competition and increased mobility of economic resources, but also the specific form of the work relationship which is described by the idea of wage labour and its legal expression, the contract of employment. This …
Justice in Dismissal
The Law of Termination of Employment
Av Hugh Collins
Inbunden, 1992
2080 kr
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The latest title in the Oxford Monographs on Labour Law series, this study elucidates the general legal rules and principles of the law of unfair dismissal, as well as offering an account of the social, political, and philosophical context in which the idea of protection from `unfair dismissal at …
The Right to Strike
Av K. D. Ewing
Inbunden, 1991
1312 kr
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The right to strike in Britain is one of the most important, albeit neglected, issues of modern labour law. It is also one of the most controversial, particularly since the dismissal of 5,500 workers at Wapping, which led not only to calls for law reform (and with it a greater degree of positive …
Just Wages for Women
Inbunden, 1997
1461 kr
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Aileen McColgan's book makes an important contribution to the study of Labour Law in a number of ways. Firstly, she offers a convincing and authoritative account of the failures of the current approach adopted in the UK (even with the EC reinforcements) for the securing of more equitable …
Freedom of Speech and Employment
Av Lucy Vickers
Inbunden, 2002
2586 kr
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The book examines employment law implications for employees who exercise the right to freedom of speech, and argues for increased rights to free speech in this context. Most obviously employees need protection when speaking about immediate threats to health and safety or serious financial …
International and European Protection of the Right to Strike
A Comparative Study of Standards Set by the International Labour Organization, the Council of Europe and the European Union
Av Tonia Novitz
Inbunden, 2003
3302 kr
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In a time of controversy over the relevance and utility of industrial action, this book outlines the case for protection of a right to strike. It argues that such a right can be viewed as civil, political and socio-economic in nature, depending upon one's conception of 'good governance' and …
A Purposive Approach to Labour Law
Av Guy Davidov
Inbunden, 2016
1994 kr
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The mismatch between goals and means is a major cause of crisis in labour law. The regulations that we use - the legal instruments and techniques - are no longer in sync with the goals they are supposed to advance. This mismatch leads to a problem of coverage, where many workers who need the …
Women and the Law
Inbunden, 1998
1616 kr
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As the millennium draws to a close, it is clear that equality between men and women remains a pipe-dream. Thus argues Sandra Fredman in her stimulating, new book on women and the law. Women's pay still lags significantly behind that of men; and women continue to congregate in low status, low paid …
Women and the Law
Häftad, 1998
1127 kr
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As the millennium draws to a close, it is clear that equality between men and women remains a pipe-dream. Thus argues Sandra Fredman in her stimulating, new book on women and the law. Women's pay still lags significantly behind that of men; and women continue to congregate in low status, low paid …
Freedom of Association
From Labour Law to the Constitution
Av Alan Bogg
Inbunden, 2026
1384 kr
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Freedom of association for workers and trade unions lies at the centre of labour law. Traditionally, trade union rights were structured through detailed labour codes governing organisation, collective bargaining, and the right to strike, with limited involvement from ordinary courts. This insulated …
The Concept of the Employer
Häftad, 2016
601 kr
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Employment law has increasingly struggled to adapt to complex modern work arrangements, from agency work to corporate groups. This book suggests that the reason for this failure can be found in our concept of the employer, which has become riddled with internal contradictions in its search for a …
The Labour Constitution
The Enduring Idea of Labour Law
Av Ruth Dukes
Häftad, 2017
664 kr
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By exploring different approaches to the study of labour law, this book re-evaluates how it is conceived, analysed, and criticized in current legislation and policy. In particular, it assesses whether so-called 'old ways' of thinking about the subject, such as the idea of the labour constitution, …
A Purposive Approach to Labour Law
Av Guy Davidov
Häftad, 2018
689 kr
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The mismatch between goals and means is a major cause of crisis in labour law. The regulations that we use - the legal instruments and techniques - are no longer in sync with the goals they are supposed to advance. This mismatch leads to a problem of coverage, where many workers who need the …
Living Wage
Regulatory Solutions to Informal and Precarious Work in Global Supply Chains
Inbunden, 2019
1911 kr
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This book is driven by a quest to re-regulate work to reduce informality and inequality, and promote a living wage for more people across the world. It presents the findings of a multidisciplinary study in four countries of varying wealth and development, exploring why people become trapped in …
Reforming Age Discrimination Law
Beyond Individual Enforcement
Inbunden, 2022
1547 kr
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Age is a critical issue for labour market policy. Both younger and older workers experience significant challenges at work. Despite the introduction of age discrimination laws, ageism remains prevalent.Reforming Age Discrimination Law offers a roadmap for the future development of age …
Strike Ballots, Democracy, and Law
Av Breen Creighton, Catrina Denvir m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1483 kr
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International law and most national legal systems recognize the right to strike as a fundamental human right. However, the most common qualification for a strike is that the action must first be approved by ballot. These types of requirements are often said to be necessary to protect the democratic …
Catholic Social Teaching and Labour Law
An Ethical Perspective on Work
Av Mark Bell
Inbunden, 2023
1318 kr
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Catholic Social Teaching and Labour Law explores the contribution that religious ethics makes to debates on justice in working life. Many faiths include beliefs about the significance of work to human development and the need for work to be performed under conditions that uphold dignity, equality, …
Human Rights Due Diligence and Labour Governance
Inbunden, 2023
1318 kr
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Human rights due diligence (HRDD) has emerged as a dominant frame through which to conceptualise and operationalise responsible business conduct with respect to workers' rights in global supply chains. Legislation mandating HRDD is now found in several European countries and across various national …
Workplace Investigations
Justice and the Legal Regulation of Employer Conduct
Inbunden, 2026
1384 kr
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Internal inquiries conducted by employers into suspected misconduct by employees—commonly known as workplace investigations—are significant and common processes in Australia. These investigations carry significant implications for all involved, especially for the employee under scrutiny. Workplace …
Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law
Inbunden, 2026
1384 kr
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Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law examines the legal protection of domestic workers, focusing on four case studies across distinct continents: Chile, the UK, South Africa, and India. It examines how deficits in protection arise both from gaps in formal …
Towards a Flexible Labour Market
Labour Legislation and Regulation since the 1990s
Av Paul Davies, Mark Freedland
Inbunden, 2007
1941 kr
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Taking as its starting point the authors' earlier work on Labour Legislation and Public Policy, this book provides a detailed account and critical analysis of British labour legislation and labour market regulation since the early 1990s. Referring back to the earlier history, and filling in the …
Towards a Flexible Labour Market
Labour Legislation and Regulation since the 1990s
Av Paul Davies, Mark Freedland
Häftad, 2007
806 kr
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Taking as its starting point the authors' earlier work on Labour Legislation and Public Policy, this book provides a detailed account and critical analysis of British labour legislation and labour market regulation since the early 1990s. Referring back to the earlier history, and filling in the …
Regulating Flexible Work
Inbunden, 2008
1995 kr
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The rhetoric of 'flexibility' and its potential to empower workers forms a key part of employment policy at the EU level. This book examines the regulation of 'flexible' or 'non-standard' forms of work, which include part-time, temporary, and temporary agency work. It unites analysis of changing …
Welfare to Work
Conditional Rights in Social Policy
Inbunden, 2008
2037 kr
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Welfare to work programmes aim to assist the long-term unemployed in finding work; increasing labour market flexibility, eliminating dependency, and tackling social exclusion. They have been implemented in many Western countries. This book focuses on an important and novel feature of these …
The Personal Employment Contract
Inbunden, 2003
3597 kr
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This book is an analytical study of the current English law of traditional contracts of employment and of other personal employment contracts. Concentrating on the common law basis of individual employment law, it takes full account of relevant British and European Community legislation up to and …
EU Intervention in Domestic Labour Law
Av Phil Syrpis
Inbunden, 2007
2712 kr
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This book investigates the extent to which the European Union intervenes, and should intervene, in domestic labour law. It examines the stated and potential rationales for EU intervention, and argues that there are considerable merits to be derived from separating out the integrationist, economic …
