Enforcing labor rights against multinational corporate groups in Europe

Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 366-386

  Kryvoi, Yaraslau ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; LABOR RELATIONS; LABOR STANDARD; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL RIGHTS; LEGAL SYSTEM; LIABILITY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33947278883     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2007.00472.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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