Labor Justice across the Americas

Specialized labor courts have varied opinions, but labor justice was a significant turning point in worker history. Leon Fink and Juan Manuel Palacio's essays explore the origins, necessity, and common factors of labor courts in different countries, providing a global perspective on regulating industrial relations and resolving labor conflicts.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 300 pages
\n Publication date: 21 December 2017
\n Publisher: University of Illinois Press
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Labor justice has been a pivotal moment in the history of workers, with opinions of specialized labor courts differing. Leon Fink and Juan Manuel Palacio present essays that explore the origins and necessity of labor courts, ranging from Canada and the United States to Chile and Argentina. The authors seek common factors in the appearance of labor courts while recognizing the unique creative process in each nation. Their transnational and comparative approach provides a global perspective on regulating industrial relations and resolving labor conflicts. This is the first country-by-country study of its kind, addressing a defining shift in law in the first half of the twentieth century. Contributors include Rossana Barragán Romano, Angela de Castro Gomes, David Díaz-Arias, Leon Fink, Frank Luce, Diego Ortúzar, Germán Palacio, Juan Manuel Palacio, William Suarez-Potts, Fernando Teixeira da Silva, Victor Uribe-Urán, Angela Vergara, and Ronny J. Viales-Hurtado.

\n Weight: 456g\n
Dimension: 156 x 233 x 23 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780252083068\n \n