The Enforcement Problem of International Labour Law

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_174
dc.title	The Enforcement Problem of International Labour Law. Comparative Perspectives
dc.contributor.author	Gil Pérez María Encarnación
dc.contributor.author	Katsaroumpas Ioannis
dc.contributor.author	Lattanzi María
dc.contributor.author	Radevich Elena
dc.contributor.author	Toki Masahito
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/ricerche-giuridiche/2016/1/the-enforcement-problem-of-international-labour-la/
dc.description.abstract	The enforcement of international labour law (ILL) becomes more acute problem in the context of globalization and the deployment of neoliberal economic forces threatening the effectiveness of ILL. Based on comparative outlook on this problem with examples taken from five countries, the following general observations could be made. Firstly it is crucial to acknowledge the diversity of the systems of enforcement of non-domestic labour standards. Secondly collective labour rights enjoy lower levels of enforcement than individual rights. This seems to be caused by an issue springing from the particularities of the national traditions as well as a genuine by-product of the neo-liberal expansion against the social sphere. Thirdly, “soft” and “hard” law should not be understood as static categories. The distinction between “soft” and “hard” law cannot be determined a priori, hence a dynamic and flexible approach and potentially a re-reading of the hard/soft law distinction are required. We have concluded that, towards redressing the enforcement problem, there is a need for a radical reconceptualisation of the hard/soft law distinction and a need for a pluralistic, open and integrated approach to different mechanisms of enforcement.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ricerche giuridiche
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 5 \| Issue 1 \| June 2016
dc.issued	2016-06-30
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2281-6100
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2281-6100/RG-5-1-16-1
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Enforcement
dc.subject	Enforcement
dc.subject	Hard Law
dc.subject	Hard Law
dc.subject	Soft Law
dc.subject	Soft Law

Research Article
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Comparative Perspectives

María Encarnación Gil Pérez

Ioannis Katsaroumpas D. Phil. Candidate, University of Oxford, UK, Onassis Foundation Scholar

María Lattanzi Lawyer specialized in Labour Law. Former Lecturer on Labour Law at the University of Palermo, Buenos

Elena Radevich Associate Professor, Law Institute of Tomsk State University, Russia

Masahito Toki Research associate, the University of Tokyo, Japan

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abstract

The enforcement of international labour law (ILL) becomes more acute problem in the context of globalization and the deployment of neoliberal economic forces threatening the effectiveness of ILL. Based on comparative outlook on this problem with examples taken from five countries, the following general observations could be made. Firstly it is crucial to acknowledge the diversity of the systems of enforcement of non-domestic labour standards. Secondly collective labour rights enjoy lower levels of enforcement than individual rights. This seems to be caused by an issue springing from the particularities of the national traditions as well as a genuine by-product of the neo-liberal expansion against the social sphere. Thirdly, “soft” and “hard” law should not be understood as static categories. The distinction between “soft” and “hard” law cannot be determined a priori, hence a dynamic and flexible approach and potentially a re-reading of the hard/soft law distinction are required. We have concluded that, towards redressing the enforcement problem, there is a need for a radical reconceptualisation of the hard/soft law distinction and a need for a pluralistic, open and integrated approach to different mechanisms of enforcement.

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June 30, 2016

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Keywords: Soft Law • Hard Law • Enforcement

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