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Comparative and Foreign Law

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

2010

Comparative law

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Three Transnational Discourses Of Labor Law In Domestic Reforms, Alvaro Santos Jan 2010

Three Transnational Discourses Of Labor Law In Domestic Reforms, Alvaro Santos

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Current labor law debates, in the United States and elsewhere, reflect entrenched discursive positions that make potential reform seem impossible. This Article identifies and examines the three most influential positions, which it names the “social,” “the neoliberal,” and the “rights-based” approach. It shows that these discursive positions are truly transnational in character. In contrast with conventional wisdom, which accepts the incompatibility of these positions, this Article creates a conceptual framework that productively combines elements from each to enrich the debates over labor law reform and to foster institutional imagination. Applying this framework, the Article examines the collective bargaining systems of …


Methodological Challenges In Comparative Constitutional Law, Vicki C. Jackson Jan 2010

Methodological Challenges In Comparative Constitutional Law, Vicki C. Jackson

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My talk today, Methodological Challenges in Comparative Constitutional Law, has two parts. The first part focuses on the relationship between the purposes of comparison and the methodological challenges of comparison. The second part asks whether there are particular methodological challenges in comparative constitutional law as compared with other comparative legal studies.