Theme: Legal Empowerment

Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban Environment

The New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And...

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

Report on Contract Farming in Thailand

Formal Versus Informal Allocation of Land in a Commons: The Case of the Macarthur Park Sidewalk Vendors

Analyzing patterns of formal and informal property rights among sidewalk vendors in the United States.

Medidas cautelares para trabajadores informalesLa Revista Académica de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad La Salle

La Revista Académica de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad La Salle, es un texto con rigor científico que tiene por objeto abordar...

Realizing Rights for Homeworkers: An Analysis of Governance Mechanisms

Carr Centre Discussion PaperAbstract: Following the Rana Plaza factory fires four years ago, the labour rights violations in global supply...

Government Resource: City of Vancouver (Canada) Guide to Street and Sidewalk Use for Business

City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, guide to laws governing various types of street vending, busking, and other forms of business...

Technical Note from 2013 Law Exposure Dialogue Programme

The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014

An Act to protect the rights of urban street vendors and to regulate street vending activities and for matters connected therewith or incidental...

Summary of Legal Framework on Domestic Work in Peru

Summary of materials related to the legal framework for domestic workers.Review of the main pieces of legislation related to this occupational...