EU Intervention in Domestic Labour Law
Phil Syrpis
Abstract
This book investigates the extent to which the European Union intervenes, and should intervene, in domestic labour law. It examines the stated and potential rationales for EU intervention, and argues that there are considerable merits to be derived from separating out the integrationist, economic, and social arguments which have been deployed in defence of EU intervention. It critically considers the competence of the EU to act in this field, and demonstrates that proper regard for the subsidiarity and proportionality principles can contribute to the legitimacy of the EU. The book is informed ... More
Keywords: European Union, labour law, governance, competence, subsidiarity, proportionality, legitimacy, integration
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199277209 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2009 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199277209.001.0001 |
