Employment law has increasingly struggled to adapt to complex modern work
arrangements, from agency work to corporate groups. This book suggests that the reason for …

ïJan Smits has long been one of the most interesting and original authors on European
private law theory. Now he offers his views on legal scholarship, and they are as original as …

Empirical Legal Research describes how to investigate the roles of legislation, regulation,
legal policies and other legal arrangements at play in society. It is invaluable as a guide to …

Corporate social responsibility codes are guidelines that companies voluntarily develop and
publish with the objective of showing the public their commitment to respect human rights, to …

A premise of this chapter is that human rights legal research is essential for upholding
human rights norms and ensuring the realization of human rights. A second premise is that …

There is a major gap in Dutch refugee and immigration control policies between its
ambitions and outcomes. It results in considerable numbers of rejected asylum seekers who …

Abstract The present Millennium Development Goals are set to expire in 2015 and their next
iteration is now being discussed within the international community. With regards to health …

Both in the US and in Europe there is a debate on methodology in legal research.
Doctrinalists and multidisciplinarians appear to be in different camps fighting over the 'true …

This book explores the increasing concern over the extent to which those suffering from
forced cross-border displacement as a result of environmental change are protected under …

This article suggests that research in the field of human rights, especially when it is legal in
nature, tends to devote surprisingly little attention to questions of methodology. This may be …