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The “externalization” of labour law
Author(s) -
OJEDA AVILÉS Antonio
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2009.00048.x
Subject(s) - externalization , labour law , reciprocal , dimension (graph theory) , economics , labour economics , political science , law , political economy , law and economics , sociology , social psychology , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
. The powerful process of labour law adjustment which, for some three decades, experts have looked upon as one of fragmentation – not to say disintegration – into evermore disconnected subfields is turning into a general trend that looks set to take on a structural dimension. An expansionary drive is indeed taking labour law into alien territories, seemingly jeopardizing its identity and traditional boundaries, albeit with a symbiotic interchange of reciprocal influences. This article analyses six avenues of expansion which have been observed in Europe and in some American and Asian countries.