The Future of Labour Law : Liber Amicorum Sir Bob Hepple QC.

Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Contents -- The Future of Labour Law: Introduction -- 1. The Ideology of New Labour Law -- The Rhetoric of the Third Way -- New Labour and the Third Way -- The Third Way European Style -- New Labour Laws: New Left Turning Right? -- Conclusion: The Vocabulary of Transformation - Social Democracy Revived -- 2. Laws Against Strikes Revisited -- The Changing Context -- Classical Function of the Right to Strike -- The Right to Strike as a Human Right -- Implications of the Right to Strike as a Human Right -- The Right to Strike to Promote and Protect Human Rights -- Restrictions on the Right to Strike -- The Right to Strike as a Threat to Human Rights -- Proportionality in Perspective -- Conclusion -- 3. Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining: Law and the Future of Collectivism -- The Two Faces of Collective Bargaining -- The Ever-Changing Nature of Collective Bargaining -- The Return of a More Sympathetic Government -- Legislating for Future Collective Bargaining -- 4. Workers, Finance and Democracy -- The Rise of Shareholder Value and its Implications for Workers -- Crisis in Occupational Pension Provision -- Resolving Labour's 'Paradoxical Interests' in Corporate Governance -- Conclusion -- 5. Termination of Employment: Whose Property Rights? -- Common Law of Wrongful Dismissal in a 'Property' Rights Perspective -- Law of Unfair Dismissal in a 'Property' Rights Perspective -- Unfair Dismissal Law and 'Property' Rights in Other EU Countries -- Conclusion -- 6. Changing Perspectives Upon the Employment Relationship in British Labour Law -- The Worker -- The Employer -- The Employment Relationship -- Conclusion: The Three Perspectives Brought Together -- 7. The Future of the Public/Private Labour Law Divide.

Public and Private: Towards a Common Legal Framework -- The State as Contractor: A Special Case? -- Conclusion -- 8. Episodes on the Path Towards the European Social Model: The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Convention on the Future of Europe -- Final Report of Working Group II on the EU Charter -- Interpreting the EU Chapter -- Values and Competences -- The EU Charter and the Renewal of Labour Law at EU and National Level -- 9. The 'Making' of EU Labour Law and the 'Future' of Labour Lawyers -- Academic Expertise -- Concluding Remarks: A Coherent Labour Law -- 10. The Future of Equality Law: Equality and Beyond -- Citizenship and Solidarity: The EU Context -- Applying Solidarity Principles to Equality Law -- Conclusions -- 11. The Future of Workers' Participation in the EU -- The European Community's Approach -- 'Specialised' Participation -- Employee Involvement in Transnational Corporations -- Framework for a Minimum of Information and Consultation -- Implications for the Future of Workers' Participation in the EU -- 12. The Future of Labour Law: Is There a Role for International Labour Standards? -- The Traditional System -- What Has Gone Wrong? -- Responding to the Crisis -- Conclusion -- 13. Beyond Borrowing and Bending: Labour Market Regulation and the Future of Labour Law in Southern Africa -- Legacy and Context -- Labour Standards and Harmonisation of Labour Law -- Labour Markets and Regulation in Southern Africa -- Human Rights and Social Protection Interface -- The Role of the Courts -- Beyond Borrowing and Bending -- 14. The End of Labour Law as We Have Known It? -- Bibliography of the Writings of Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC, FBA -- Index.

This book, by an internationally distinguished group of scholars, examines the future of labour law from a wide variety of perspectives.

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