Labour Standards in International Economic Law

Book Overview

Henner G?tt, Labour Standards in International Economic Law - An Introduction.- Part I Setting the Scene: Peter-Tobias Stoll, International Economic and Social Dimensions - Divided or Connected?.- Claire La Hovary, The ILO's Mandate and Capacity - Creating, Proliferating and Supervising Labour Standards for a Globalized Economy.- Anne Trebilcock, Why the Shift from International to Transnational Law is Important for Labour Standards.- Part II Labour Regulation of Trade, Investment and Finance: Thomas Cottier, WTO Law, Labour Standards and Human Rights - Implications of the EC-Seal Products case.- Franziska Humbert, The Prohibition of Child Labour and Trade: Implications for the Debate on Constitutionalism.- Tonia Novitz, Labour Standards and Trade: Need We Choose between 'Human Rights' and 'Sustainable Development'?.- Jan Orbie, Lore van den Putte and Deborah Martens, Civil Society Meetings in EU Free Trade Agreements: The Purposes Unravelled.- Patrick Abel, Comparative Conclusions on Arbitral Dispute Settlement in Trade-Labour Matters under US Free Trade Agreements.- Henner G?tt, An Internationalized Individual Labour Complaint Procedure for Workers, Trade Unions, Employers and NGOs in Future Free Trade Agreements.- Reingard Zimmer, Implications of CETA and TTIP on Social Standards.- Henner G?tt and Till Patrik Holterhus, Mainstreaming Investment-Labour Linkage through 'Mega-Regional' Trade Agreements.- Franz Christian Ebert, Labour Standards and the World Bank. Analysing the Potential of Safeguard Policies for Protecting Workers.- Part III Business Conduct and Labour Standards: Katja Gehne, Soft Standards and Hard Consequences - Why Transnational Companies Commit to Respect International Labour and Social Standards, and How this Relates to Business and Regulation.- R?diger Krause, The Promotion of Labour Standards through International Framework Agreements.- Anja Seibert-Fohr, International Labour Standards in Private Litigation: The Case of the US Alien Torts Claims Act.- Nazli Aghazadeh, Promoting Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains through Consumers' Choice - Is Social Labelling Effective?.- Part IV Labour Standards in International Economic Law - A Proposal for Practice: Peter-Tobias Stoll, Henner G?tt and Patrick Abel, A Model Labour Chapter for Future EU Trade Agreements.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030098893
• ISBN13: 9783030098896
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"