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Analyzes the role of law in the global social justice movement, with case studies from scholars from the Global North and Global South.
Analyzing how informal economic activity influences jurisprudence.
From the book, The Idea of Labour Law. The book articulates a new way of conceptualizing labor law and its future by some of the world's leading labor scholars
Abstract: A substantial majority of non-agricultural workers in a developing country such as Cameroon engage in legal businesses below the governmental radar, that is, in the informal sector. Because that segment of the Sub-Saharan economy is critical to subsistence within the region, and because...
This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend their rights and livelihoods from the abuse of public authorities.
In order to regulate, improve and standarDize informal labor, there is a need for a strategic vision of labor regulation supported by theories, techniques and models that are applicable to informal labor. Social activities linked to labor relations are crucial to the regulation of informal work...
Discusses how zoning laws can prevent or enable the development of home-based businesses in the United States.
Analyzing the accessibility of formal substantive law to ordinary Russians and finding low rates of participation in the legal system, even among people with viable legal claims.
Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support them adequately. Many informal workers operate within complex regulatory regimes, which are typically inconsistent, vague, and enforced by state officials in ways...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.