Labour laws and global trade / / Bob Hepple

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823419203321
• Autore: Hepple B. A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Portland, Or., : Hart, 2005
• ISBN: 1-84113-187-3; 1-4725-6328-X; 1-280-80115-8; 9786610801152; 1-84731-230-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.01
• Soggetti: Labor laws and legislation, International; Labor laws and legislation; Foreign trade regulation; International trade; Globalization; Social justice
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-294) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Does Transnational Labour Regulation Matter? -- 2. The Effectiveness of International Labour Standards -- 3. Privatising Regulation: Codes,Agreements and Guidelines -- 4. Unilateral Social Clauses -- 5. Social Clauses in Bilateral and Regional Agreements -- 6. The WTO and Social Clauses -- 7. Labour Laws Beyond Borders -- 8.Negative and Positive Harmonisation in the EU -- 9. New Methods of Integration in the EU -- 10. The Comparative Advantages of Labour Laws.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The focus of globalisation studies is on how global processes can be better regulated in order to deliver both economic growth and social justice. Labour laws provide an excellent case study of the creation of a new framework to reconcile free trade and investment with social objectives. This book, written by a leading authority on international and comparative labour law, provides a thoughtful and comprehensive ; analysis of the new methods of transnational labour regulation that are emerging in response to globalisation. The author reassesses orthodox views, from the viewpoint of a theory of comparative institutional advantage, and suggests ways in which transnational regulation can be re-invented in the new global economy. This will be of interest to students of law, human rights, industrial relations, globalisation, international trade and development, as well as policy-makers in international and regional organisations, governments, employers' bodies, trade unions and NGOs."--Bloomsbury Publishing.