21210062 - Global economy and labour rights

The course is aimed at critically addressing, at an advanced level, central aspects of contemporary economic analysis. The determinants of income distribution and relative prices will be examined following alternative approaches.
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Programma

Sustainable Development, Global Economy and Social Rights: why we need a linkage
The International Labour Organization.
The International Labour Standards
The balance between competition and social rights at European level: the internal action of EU
The EU internal action
The EU as an international actor: the external action
European Trade Agreements
International Trade Agreements
National and international CSR
Codes of Conduct and CSR tools: an evolutionary perspective
The social clause
The most important international trade agreements
The role of multinational companies

Laws regulating Labour contracts and status, social security systems and industrial relations
Social Clauses, Codes of Conduct and CSR: an evolutionary perspective
Selected case studies, guest lectures and students’ presentations


Testi Adottati

J. M. Servais, International Labour Law, Seventh edition, Wolters Kluwer International, 2022.
In aggiunta o in alternativa per gli studenti che parlano anche l'italiano Brino V., Perulli A., Diritto Internazionale del Lavoro, Terza edizione, Giappichelli, Torino, 2023.




Modalità Erogazione

Lezioni frontali.

Modalità Valutazione

La valutazione finale si baserà sia su una prova scritta intermedia che su un colloquio orale finale (in lingua inglese) riguardante più argomenti a scelta del docente tra quelli analizzati durante il corso.