When the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957, its main focus was on creating a single market where free movement of goods, persons, services and capital could be ensured. It therefore regarded labour above all as a factor of production in respect of which the principle of free movement was to...

When the Finnish Seamen’s Union and the Swedish Electricians Union threatened strike action, and in the case of the Swedish electricians union, did go on strike, the officials involved could never have contemplated the seismic effects their decisions would have on the evolution of EU law and,...

If the critics are right, the EU social model is dead and that’s the end of it. Those on the right may well be dancing on its grave; those more sympathetic might mourn its passing. My view is more sanguine. I shall argue that the European social model is certainly facing unprecedented...

Since Maastricht, the EC Treaty and the Community institutions have envisaged a substantial role for the social partners in law and policy making in the EU and at national and subnational level, with a view to helping legitimise and democratise governance in the social policy field. This paper...

Regulatory parity in post-Brexit UK-EU financial regulation : EU norms, international financial standards, or a hybrid model? / Eilís Ferran -- The UK financial market : free movement of persons / Catherine Barnard -- EU financial governance after Brexit : the rise of technocracy and the...