This book analyses the egalitarian foundations of equality law from a classical liberal perspective by asking two central questions: does justice ideally demand equality? Are differences in abilities among people in some sense unfair? The book examines these questions in the context of racial...

This article reviews developments in European Union employment policy from the perspective of reflexive governance. Reflexive governance instruments have a procedural orientation and provide a structural framework or steering mechanism to facilitate a process of self-regulation. Recent...

The aim of this paper is to reassess the place of labour law in the wider area of employment relations research and to argue the case for labour law's importance to social scientists. We give an analytical account of the principal institutional features of labour law as a form of legal...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Beyond the Civil Rights Legacy of Anti-Discrimination Legislation: the Intersection Between Equality Law and Fairness in Employment -- Chapter 3: Contractual Freedom and Freedom of Association in Employment Law: the Juridical Roots of Individual Liberty --...

Through the increasing financialization of corporate law and governance, capital markets exert a powerful influence on decision making in the large corporations that function as the lead employer for millions of workers around the globe. Drawing upon examples from Canada and the United Kingdom,...

When employees invest firm-specific human capital in the firm, their contribution is just as important as, or even more important than, the shareholders` investment of finance capital. Despite this, the argument that employees` firm-specific investments give rise to a form of ownership...

This article reviews developments in European Union employment policy from the perspective of reflexive governance. Reflexive governance instruments have a procedural orientation and provide a structural framework or steering mechanism to facilitate a process of self-regulation. Recent...