Description: In 2011, the European Union (EU) concluded the first of a ‘new generation’ of free trade agreements that contained a separate chapter with obligations relating to ‘trade and sustainable development’ (TSD) issues. This was the Free Trade Agreement with…
Description: Forthcoming in the Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal – The position of courts in the architecture of enforcement in UK labour law presents something of a paradox. On the one hand, the courts are almost completely invisible as…
Description: Accessible at: The crisis which arose suddenly at the beginning of 2020 relating to coronavirus was immediately centred on risk. Predictions had to be made swiftly regarding how it would spread, who it might affect and what measures…
Description: Working through platforms is a recent but fast-growing phenomenon, with obvious implications for workers’ rights. Discussions have so far focused on the status of platform-based workers, but, recently, a growing consensus is emerging by courts around the world that…
Description: This publication is available on open access at: An ad hoc Panel of Experts has determined for the first time that a free trade partner of the European Union violated sustainable development obligations under the new generation of…
Description: The videos from the opening and closing ceremony of the LLRN conference are now available. These are as follows:# * Opening ceremony part 1 – Greetings – * Opening ceremony part 2 – Bob Hepple Award – …
Description: For a video of the contributions to this workshop – see A Research Agenda for the Gig-Economy and Society – VIDEO link –
Description: New article on SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth Professor Ulla Liukkunen examines “SDG 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth” from a private international law perspective in her article to be found here:
Description: Kurt Pärli, Impacts of Digitalisation on Employment Relationships and the Need for more Democracy at Work, Industrial Law Journal, 2021 – available at:
Description: Routh, Supriya. ‘Constituting a Right to Association: A Postcolonial Exploration’. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 36, no. 4 (2020): 523–552. Click in the box above to download.