Free Movement of Services versus National Labour Law and Industrial Relations Systems: Understanding the Laval Case from a Swedish and Nordic Perspective

Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages 493-523

  Rönnmar, Mia ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85008219289     PISSN: 15288870     EISSN: 20497636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1528887000001415     Document Type: Article

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