Labour Standards in International Economic Law

Henner Gött, Institute of International and European Law, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany

• Henner Gött, Labour Standards in International Economic Law – An Introduction.- Part I  Setting the Scene: Peter-Tobias Stoll, International Economic and Social Dimensions – Divided or Connected?.- Claire La Hovary, The ILO’s Mandate and Capacity – Creating, Proliferating and Supervising Labour Standards for a Globalized Economy.- Anne Trebilcock, Why the Shift from International to Transnational Law is Important for Labour Standards.- Part II Labour Regulation of Trade, Investment and Finance: Thomas Cottier, WTO Law, Labour Standards and Human Rights – Implications of the EC-Seal Products case.- Franziska Humbert, The Prohibition of Child Labour and Trade: Implications for the Debate on Constitutionalism.- Tonia Novitz, Labour Standards and Trade: Need We Choose between 'Human Rights' and 'Sustainable Development'?.- Jan Orbie, Lore van den Putte and Deborah Martens, Civil Society Meetings in EU FreeTrade Agreements: The Purposes Unravelled.- Patrick Abel, Comparative Conclusions on Arbitral Dispute Settlement in Trade-Labour Matters under US Free Trade Agreements.- Henner Gött, An Internationalized Individual Labour Complaint Procedure for Workers, Trade Unions, Employers and NGOs in Future Free Trade Agreements.- Reingard Zimmer, Implications of CETA and TTIP on Social Standards.- Henner Gött and Till Patrik Holterhus, Mainstreaming Investment-Labour Linkage through ‘Mega-Regional’ Trade Agreements.- Franz Christian Ebert, Labour Standards and the World Bank. Analysing the Potential of Safeguard Policies for Protecting Workers.- Part III Business Conduct and Labour Standards: Katja Gehne, Soft Standards and Hard Consequences – Why Transnational Companies Commit to Respect International Labour and Social Standards, and How this Relates to Business and Regulation.- Rüdiger Krause, The Promotion of Labour Standards through International Framework Agreements.- Anja Seibert-Fohr, International Labour Standards in Private Litigation: The Case of the US Alien Torts Claims Act.- Nazli Aghazadeh, Promoting Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains through Consumers’ Choice – Is Social Labelling Effective?.- Part IV Labour Standards in International Economic Law – A Proposal for Practice: Peter-Tobias Stoll, Henner Gött and Patrick Abel, A Model Labour Chapter for Future EU Trade Agreements.