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Published in association with the Institute of
Employment Rights
Today,
Britain has fewer legal guarantees for workers than many other European countries.
It is time to begin a process of rethinking, to seek new approaches for an
alternative labour law in the next century.
This rethinking will encompass: the relationship between common law and legislation;
the role of law in the industrial balance of power, and in the wider society;
and the comparative study of European labour law.
In this collection, the second of two major collections of his work, Lord
Wedderburn makes a crucial contribution to some key areas of debate - including
internal trade union democracy, the employee's place in company law, union
liability in strikes, prospects for European transnational bargaining, and
the ambiguities of the European 'social dimension' and 'Social Chapter'.
'Lord Wedderburn's collection of essays illustrates why he remains so impressive. They are cogent and incisive in argument, stylish in language and encyclopaedic in their breadth of knowledge.' Financial Times
'Wedderburn remains one of the most interesting and informative writers on Labour Law. This collection of essays will delight.' Labour Research
Lord Wedderburn is Emeritus Professor of Commercial Law at the London
School of Economics. His classic book, The Worker and the Law, effectively
put the subject of labour law on map in Britain.