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,...

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...

The Lindsey Oil Refinery dispute in the early Spring and Summer of 2009 raised issues about the posting of European Union workers to the UK to fulfil a contract on a multi-employer construction site at a time of high levels of unemployment in the UK construction industry and deepening recession....

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...

Today, many people agree that the EU lacks solidarity and needs a social dimension. This debate is not new, but until now the notion of a 'social Europe' remained vague and elusive. To make progress, we need a coherent conception of the reasons behind, and the agenda for, not a 'social Europe',...