Description: "This book is based upon the papers written by a group of leading international scholars on the 'constitution of social democracy', delivered at a conference to celebrate Professor Keith Ewing's scholarly legacy in labour law, constitutional law, human rights and the law of democracy. The chapters explore the development of social democracy and democratic socialism in theory and political practice from a variety of comparative, legal, and disciplinary perspectives. These developments have occurred against a backdrop of fragmenting 'traditional' political parties, declining collective bargaining, concerns about 'juristocracy' and the displacement of popular sovereignty, the emergence of populist political movements, austerity, and fundamental questions about the future of the European project. With this context in mind, the chapters in this collection consider whether legal norms can and should contribute to the constitution of social democracy. This collection could not be more timely in addressing these fundamental constitutional questions at the intersection of law, democracy, and political economy"--
Brief description:
Alan Bogg is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Bristol and a Barrister at Old Square Chambers. He was previously a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, and Professor of Labour Law in the University of Oxford. He retains an Emeritus Fellowship at Hertford College. He is the author of The Democratic Aspects of Trade Union Recognition (Hart, 2009), which was awarded the Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship in 2010. He is a co-author of the multi-author volume The Contract of Employment (OUP, 2016); and the co-author of Human Rights at Work: Reimagining Employment Law (Hart, 2024) (with Hugh Collins, ACL Davies, and Virginia Mantouvalou). Alan was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in Law in 2014.
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