Programme: Law Programme

Social regionalism in the Southern Africa Development Community: The international, regional and national interplay of labour alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

Abstract: The Southern African Development Community region (SADC) has seen a trend toward applying Alternative Dispute Settlement (ADR)...

Poverty, Legal Empowerment and Informal Business in South Africa

Procurement Policy Subversion in Contracts Between South African Retailers and Suppliers

Abstract: This chapter focuses on tensions and regulatory gaps impacting public procurement reform in the private sector (supply chain) doing...

Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa

Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support...

Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

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...

Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study

In 2008, WIEGO initiated the Law and Informal Economy project, focusing on the legal aspects of helping informal workers with economic opportunity,...

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...

Challenging the Legal Boundaries of Work Regulation

Abstract: Focusing on paid work that blurs traditional legal boundaries and the challenge this poses to traditional forms of labour regulation,...

Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: A Review of Literature