Private law has long been the focus of efforts to explain wider developments of law in an era
of globalisation. As consumer transactions and corporate activities continue to develop with …

There is a consensus among European trade unions that economic integration should be
complemented by a strong 'social dimension'. What is far less clearly agreed is what 'social …

This paper contends that the challenging nature of the regulation of global corporate
conduct requires an adequately differentiated approach towards the identification and …

A key feature of recent debates on European Union (EU) integration is the attention paid to
the issue of European society, to what extent it exists, what form it takes, and its role in the …

Although much has been written on organised civil society-the loose collective of
organisations that operate outside the public sector, the private market and the family unit …

The article explores how civil society is being used as a mediating device in relation to
European integration. The increasing use of civil society NGOs in a productive relationship …

Voluntary associations have been presented as a solution to political apathy and cynicism
towards representative democracy. The authors collected in this volume, however, argue …

The key aim of this chapter is to explore the possibilities and constraints that the complex
setting of the European equality regime poses for 'institutionalizing intersectionality'. That the …

The European Union's enlargement policy is universally recognised as contributing
decisively to the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the two decades …

A century ago, Commons argued that the boundaries of employment regulation expanded in
response to the enlargement of product markets, from the local to the regional to the …