| The Globalization of Labour Standards: The Soft Law Track--Global Compact, ILO Principles, NAFTA Agreement, OECD Guidelines Contributor(s): Blanpain, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 9041123032 ISBN-13: 9789041123039 Publisher: Kluwer Law International OUR PRICE: $179.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: The book analyses the entire spectrum of fact and implication encompassed in these influential sources, with close attention to such subject areas as the following: - context and drafting history of the instruments; - the respective roles of enterprises, governments, employers' organisations and trade unions; - detailed analysis of specific core standards; - committees, arbitral panels and other procedural details; - issues involving reporting, complaints and disputes; and, - enterprise responsibilities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Labor & Employment |
| Dewey: 338.88 |
| Series: Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.38" W x 9.52" (0.65 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Do core labour standards exist in today s global economy? If so, what are they? And most importantly, how effective are they? In this book two outstanding labour law scholars answer these questions in a definitive manner. In deep and convincing detail they demonstrate that, although insufficiently legally binding instruments governing employment and labour exist beyond the national level, a significant body of international soft law has developed that does in fact carry great weight. Blanpain and Colucci identify four major sources of this soft law - the UN Global Compact of 1999, the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles, the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises - and show how the principles these instruments enunciate act as a countervailing power to the international economic decision-making of multinational corporations. The book analyses the entire spectrum of fact and implication encompassed in these influential sources, with close attention to such subject areas as the following: context and drafting history of the instruments; the respective roles of enterprises, governments, employers organisations and trade unions; detailed analysis of specific core standards; the impact of economic zones and industrial sectors; committees, arbitral panels and other procedural details; issues involving reporting, complaints and disputes; and, enterprise responsibilities. The authors cite relevant cases and highlight emerging trends in this important area of labour law. Annexes reprint all four of the instruments. |