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Locating Labour Law: Conflicting Perspectives And The Case Of Occupational Health And Safety, Eric Tucker

Eric M. Tucker

While the need to locate employment and labour law in its social context is now widely recognized, there is significant disagreement over the character of that social context, how law is located in it, and the way that law both shapes and is shaped by its social location. The importance of these disputes is not just theoretical because their resolution shapes the way labour law is written and implemented. Nowhere is this truer than in one particular area of labour law, occupational health and safety (OHS) regulation. This chapter argues that from its origins in the nineteenth century, OHS regulation …