Labour Laws and Global Trade

Author: Bob Hepple
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781841131870
Published In: March 2005
Format: Paperback , 328 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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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.

Sir Bob Hepple QC,FBA is Emeritus Master of Clare College; Emeritus Professor of Law in the University of Cambridge, and Honorary Professor of Law in the University of Cape Town. He has acted as an independent expert for the ILO and EU.

…a considered and complex assessment…a thoughtful analysis of the lessons which can be drawn on and provides an insight into the way forward.
Naomi Cervin
New Zealand Law Journal
June 2006

...introduces the reader to the primary sources and to the vast critical literature, and converts a daunting subject into an accessible one. This book is essential reading for anyone-academic, student, policy maker or activist-concerned with issues of labour law and globalisation.
A.C.L. Davies
Industrial Relations Journal, Vol 37, Issue 3
May 06

...an encyclopedic work that is well written and readable…a must-read for the international labour lawyer..
Reagan Walker
International Trade Law and Regulation, Vol 12, Issue 2
March 2006

…likely to be a seminal text with a long shelf life, which will shape the thinking of a new generation of labour lawyers.
K.D. Ewing, King's College, London
Industrial Law Journal
December 2005

Le lecteur ne manquera pas de tirer profit de toute l'expérience acquise par l'auteur dans les diverses institutions qu'il a servies. Il trouvera ici les analyses pénétrantes, les critiques pertinentes et les prises de position lucides qui lui permettront de mieux comprendre le droit du travail de demain.
Xavier Blanc-Jouvan
Extrait de la Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé
2005

...an absolute pleasure to read..It truly deserves a prominent place in the library of any serious international labour lawyer, and more generally, of anyone who earnestly wishes to contribute to making today's unfolding transnational world a better place to live -for all.
Jean-Michel Servais
International Labour Review, vol.144
(2005)

Hepple's 'Labour Laws and Global Trade' provides the most comprehensive map of transnational regulation produced to date…
David M. Trubeck
The American Journal of International Law
Vol 100