TY - JOUR
T1 - Ruth Dukes, The Labour Constitution. The Enduring Idea of Labour Law (Oxford University Press: 2014), 244pp, £60, ISBN 978-0-19-960169-1.
AU - Zahn, Rebecca
PY - 2016/2/23
Y1 - 2016/2/23
N2 - What is labour law? The answer to this question has challenged scholars since the birth of the discipline at the beginning of the twentieth century. Up until the 1980s, there was a broad consensus that labour law primarily served a protective purpose. This approach stressed the role of labour laws in correcting the imbalance in bargaining power inherent within the employment relationship.
AB - What is labour law? The answer to this question has challenged scholars since the birth of the discipline at the beginning of the twentieth century. Up until the 1980s, there was a broad consensus that labour law primarily served a protective purpose. This approach stressed the role of labour laws in correcting the imbalance in bargaining power inherent within the employment relationship.
KW - labour law
KW - labour ideology
KW - trade unions
UR - http://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/loi/hsir
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
JO - Historical Studies in Industrial Relations
JF - Historical Studies in Industrial Relations
SN - 1362-1572
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