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Methodological Challenges In Comparative Constitutional Law, Vicki C. Jackson
Methodological Challenges In Comparative Constitutional Law, Vicki C. Jackson
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
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.
Three Transnational Discourses Of Labor Law In Domestic Reforms, Alvaro Santos
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 …