The purpose of this article is to examine workers’ rights under Islamic law. The Shari’ah-based financing, investing and related industries establish their businesses on claims that they comply with the Shari’ah’s mandates for commercial practices. They focus almost exclusively on the...

We investigate the regulation of labor markets through employment laws, collective bargaining laws, and social security laws in 85 countries. We find that richer countries regulate labor less than poorer countries do, although they have more generous social security systems. The political power...

Many would wonder what labour law has to do with climate change and/or environmental law. It is not immediately apparent what connection there is between the two areas. However there has been recognition internationally, in particular by the United Nations that there is an overlap between labour...

This paper focuses on the nexus between international labour standards and international trade governance, as labour rights provisions (applicable to both local and migrant workers) are increasingly being included in free trade agreements. Nevertheless, for the past few decades, the preservation...

This paper critiques The Regulation of Labor, an empirical study recently published by Juan C. Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. The Regulation of Labor extends these authors' comparative research to...

This article discusses the problem of the meaning of the term ‘worker' as used in ILO Standards, with particular reference to the principles of freedom of association, both in terms of the constitutional obligation to respect those principles, and of the core freedom of association...

This paper discusses all of the substantive labor & employment law opinions issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016. The discussion of each case begins with an italicized summary of the court's holding and is followed by a more...

This paper discusses all of the substantive labor & employment law opinions issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. The discussion of each case begins with an italicized summary of the court's holding and is followed by a more...

This paper is concerned with the evolutionary process of the global governance of labour migration, which has led to the progressive privatisation and commodification of international labour mobility. The focus is on the effects of such change on working conditions for migrants. In particular,...