The idea of labour law / editors: Guy Davidov & Brian Langille.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Labour law after labour / Harry Arthurs -- Factors influencing the making and transformation of labour law in Europe / Bob Hepple -- Re-inventing labour law? / Manfred Weiss -- Hugo Sinzheimer and the constitutional function of labour law / Ruth Dukes -- Global conceptualization and locasl constructions of the idea of labour law / Adrian Goldin -- The idea of the idea of labour law : a parable / Alan Hyde -- Labour law's theory of justice / Brian Langille -- Labour as a'fictive commodity' : radically reconceptualizing labour law / Judy Fudge -- Theories of rights as justifications for labour law / Hugh Collins -- The contribution of labour law to economic and human development / Simon Deakin -- Re-matching labour laws with their purpose / Guy Davidov -- The legal characterization of personal work relations and the idea of labour law / Mark Freedland and Nicola Kountouris -- Ideas of labour law : a view from the south / Paul Benjamin -- Informal employment and the challenges for labour law / Kamala Sankaran -- The impossibility of work law / Noah D. Zatz -- Using procurement law to enforce labour standards / Catherine Barnard -- Labor activism in local politics : from CBAs to'CBAs' / Katherine Stone and Scott Cummings -- The broad idea of labour law : industrial policy, labour market regulation, and decent work / John Howe.

The third function of labour law : distributing labour market opportunities among workers / Guy Mundlak -- Beyond collective bargaining : modern unions as agents of social solidarity / Gillian Lester -- From conflict to regulation : the transformative function of labour law / Julia Lopez, Consuelo Chacartegui, and Cesar G. Canton -- Out of the shadows? the Non-Binding Multilateral Framework on Migration (2006) and prospects for using international labour regulation to forge global labour market membership / Leah F. Vosko -- Flexible bureaucracies in labor market regulation / Michael J. Piore -- Collective exit strategies : new ideas in transnational labour law / Silvana Sciarra -- Emancipation in the idea of labour law / Adelle Blackett.