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Labour Law

Aileen McColgan author Hugh Collins author Keith Ewing author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:17th Oct '19

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Written by prominent UK labour lawyers, this textbook is comprehensive and engaging, with detailed commentary and integrated materials.

Labour Law offers a comprehensive and critical account of the subject by a team of prominent labour lawyers. Providing commentary and integrated materials, it fully equips the students with the information they need for their course. Case studies showing the law 'in action' combine with a clear and logical structure to make it essential reading.Labour Law offers a comprehensive and critical account of the subject by a team of prominent labour lawyers, and includes both collective labour rights and individual employment rights. By placing the law in its social, economic and political contexts, and showing how the law works in practice through case-studies, students will acquire not only a good knowledge of the law but also an appreciation of its importance and the complexity of the issues. Fully updated with recent developments in the field, the text's clear structure, logical chapter organisation, and uncluttered text design combine to make it a truly accessible way into the subject. Suitable for undergraduates and postgraduates studying UK Labour and Employment law, this book is a must-read for those wishing to excel in the field.

'This new edition offers a timely, authoritative and vivid account of the tribulations of UK labour law in the Age of Austerity. An unparalleled level of detail and contextual analysis of the incessant erosion of trade union and workers' rights, and the perils connected with a resurgent vision of labour standards, including fundamental labour rights, as a hindrance to competitiveness and economic growth.' Nicola Countouris, University College London

ISBN: 9781108462211

Dimensions: 247mm x 175mm x 52mm

Weight: 2120g

1070 pages

2nd Revised edition