Mark Freedland QC (hon), FBA is Emeritus Professor of Employment Law in the University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow at St John's College, Oxford.Jeremias Prassl is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford.

• 1. Viking, Laval and Beyond: An Introduction Mark Freedland and Jeremias Prassl2. Viking and Laval: The EU Internal Market Perspective Steve Weatherill3. Viking and Laval: The International Labour Law Perspective Alan Bogg4. The Right to Strike in the EU after Accession to the ECHR: A Practical Assessment Vilija Velyvyte5. The Life of a Death Foretold: The Proposal for a Monti II Regulation The Adoptive Parents6. Three Dimensions of Heterogeneity: An Overview of Member State Experiences Jeremias Prassl7. Austria Eva Tscherner8. Estonia Tatjana Evas9. GermanyBernd Waas10. Greece Aristea Koukiadaki11. Italy Edoardo Ales12. Norway Stein Evju13. Poland Leszek Mitrus14. Sweden Mia Rönnmar15. The United Kingdom Tonia Novitz and Phil Syrpis16. Civilising the European Posted Workers Directive Nicola Countouris and Samuel Engblom17. Broader Lessons for European and Domestic Labour Law Robert Rebhahn18. Conceptualising Conflict between the Economic and the Social in EU Law after Viking and Laval Dorota Leczykiewicz19. EU Law in National Courts: Viking, Laval and Beyond Michal Bobek20. Epilogue Ulf Bernitz

The tension between the economic and the social is a central theme within the history of the EU. This rich set of essays provides a valuable addition to the existing literature through its focus on the way that the tension plays out between the internal market and collective labour law.