Classical economists have long argued that trade and labor migration are functionally the same. Global wealth is maximized, they assert, when both goods and labor move freely across borders. There are indeed similarities between the movement of people and the movement of goods, but in many ways...

In the conventional narrative about the role of law in social change, lawyers are the protagonists. A social problem exists and a group or individual calls on a lawyer to do something about it. The lawyer explores various possibilities, decides on a course of action together with her client, and...

This paper analyzes the implementation to date of the 2016 Jordan Compact and Ethiopia Jobs Compact, European Union-funded efforts to increase refugees' access to work in those host countries. Both plans focused initially on garment export manufacturing as the principal engine for refugee...

Trade and immigration are generally described as separate dimensions of globalization. This Article challenges that story by focusing on settings where states and private actors are bringing the two together to achieve disparate economic and policy goals. In one set of cases analyzed here,...

The following is a brief introduction to the book Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights by Professor Gordon. In 1992, Gordon founded the Workplace Project to help immigrant workers in the underground suburban economy of Long Island, New York. In this book, she tells the unexpected...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The New Sweatshops -- 2. The Workplace Project Story -- 3. Paths to Participation -- 4. Rights Talk and Collective Action -- 5. A Legal Clinic and Organizing -- 6. Noncitizen Citizenship -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.