A range of legal regimes from employment law to corporate and securities law foresees a reduction or elimination of “enterprise liability” for organizations that can demonstrate the existence of “effective” internal compliance structures. The pervasiveness of corporate conduct codes and...

The rule of law is a key precept in public law. But it often seems to be assumed that the concept should have little traction in the private law domain, where the State is nowhere to be seen. This paper contests that assumption. Defining the rule of law as being concerned with protecting the...

In an assessment of the effectiveness of EU regulation of contracts of employment, a contrast is drawn between the aims and techniques of EU interventions in consumer law and employment law, with a view to explaining that there is a structural need in EU employment law for the general aim to...