The non-discrimination principle enshrined in the Treaty of Rome has grown, through the case law of the European Court of Justice, into a normative core of the utmost importance for the totality of Co
Studies in Employment and Social Policy Volume 48 Enterprise and Social Rights is the first book to focus on the ‘theory of the firm’ as it reveals itself in today’s world from a mu
In recent years it has become clear that many businesses, motivated by avoiding the rigidity and the price tag associated with labour law and social security, have succeeded in eroding the protection
Studies in Employment and Social Policy (SSPO-51) About this book: Sustainable Development, Global Trade and Social Rights is aimed at analyzing the most updated aspects of linkage between global tr
Directive 2000/78/EC establishes a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, which includes age. Though both direct and indirect discrimination based on age is considered les
It is widely assumed today that the `welfare state' is contracting or retrenching as an effect of the close scrutiny to which entitlement to social security benefits is being subjected in most develop
In a volume based on a workshop at the lead editor's campus, Devetzi (social law, U. of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany) and Stendahl (public law, U. of Gothenburg) introduce ten chapters that discus
