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Philippe Reyniers

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Droits Individuels Des Travailleurs Et Licenciement Collectif, Philippe Reyniers Nov 2009

Droits Individuels Des Travailleurs Et Licenciement Collectif, Philippe Reyniers

Philippe Reyniers

The casenote criticises the "essentialist" approach of the European Court of justice in the definition of a collective right to consultation in the phase of restructuring. It defends a "functionalist" approach, where collective labour rights are individual rights exercised collectively.


The Interpretation Of European Union Law And The Dislocation Of The Patterns Of European Social Legitimacy, Philippe Reyniers Jan 2009

The Interpretation Of European Union Law And The Dislocation Of The Patterns Of European Social Legitimacy, Philippe Reyniers

Philippe Reyniers

The present paper first defends that the interpretation of European Union law is not an operation that concerns the relationship between a legal norm and a judge, but also the inter- institutional relationship of the judicial and other political legitimacies. It then goes on to analyse the development of new modes of governance as a form of de-judicialisation and an “exit” from regulation by law. It finishes by analysing the Laval case as an example of deference the Court of justice and the European legislator, conceived in an outdated institutional setting. It concludes that the recuperation of legitimacy (“voice”) developed …


De Quelques Paradoxes De Droit Du Travail À La LumièRe De La Directive 2002/14/Ce, Philippe Reyniers, Pierre-Paul Van Gehuchten Jan 2007

De Quelques Paradoxes De Droit Du Travail À La LumièRe De La Directive 2002/14/Ce, Philippe Reyniers, Pierre-Paul Van Gehuchten

Philippe Reyniers

The article concerns the normative interactions between the Framework Directive on Information and Consultation and Belgian national law. It illustrates a number of paradoxes (or contradictory trends) in the development of workers' information and consultation.


On The Language Of Social Rights And New Modes Of Governance, Philippe Reyniers Jan 2007

On The Language Of Social Rights And New Modes Of Governance, Philippe Reyniers

Philippe Reyniers

The paper addresses the danger of two abstractions. The first is the indeterminacy of the language of fundamental social rights. The second is the abstract description of social policies within the Open Methods of Coordination. I then evaluate the possibilities of founding Social Europe on the real experience of injustice.


Les Services D’IntéRêT GéNéRal : Une Identité EuropéEnne Du Rapport De L’ÉTat Au Marché ?, Philippe Reyniers Jan 2004

Les Services D’IntéRêT GéNéRal : Une Identité EuropéEnne Du Rapport De L’ÉTat Au Marché ?, Philippe Reyniers

Philippe Reyniers

In the context of the European Constitution, this article evaluates the European law applicable to services of general interest. It also analyses the normative premises of its regime, in a comparative perspective with the structures of the national welfare state.