Labour Movements and the Effectiveness of Legal Strategy: Three Tenets

IF 0.8 Q3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR

International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.54648/ijcl2022009

J. Meakin

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Social movements of every stripe have mobilized law in order to confront contemporary injustices and redetermine social experiences and expectations. The multiple disciplinary literatures that track and evaluate these strategies provide a rich picture of legal and political mobilization at different scales and relative successes. This article draws together the shared concern for strategic litigation of labour law and legal mobilization scholars in order to confront and rationalize the factors that determine its effectiveness for labour movements. This article sets out three core tenets of strategic litigation to provide a framework for analysing its potential effectiveness: Effective legal arguments; state law’s institutional capacity; and political objectives. Drawing on interdisciplinary insights, these tenets present a sober conception of the ways that law is mobilized by labour movements, to provide a critical conception of the opportunities and limitations of their strategic uses of law. Legal Mobilization, Labour Movements, Institutional Capacity, Political Objectives, Employment Status, Uber Drivers, Limb B Workers

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劳工运动与法律策略的有效性:三个原则

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International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-

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期刊介绍： Published four times a year, the International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations is an essential source of information and analysis for labour lawyers, academics, judges, policymakers and others. The Journal publishes original articles in the domains of labour law (broadly understood) and industrial relations. Articles cover comparative and international (or regional) analysis of topical issues, major developments and innovative practices, as well as discussions of theoretical and methodological approaches. The Journal adopts a double-blind peer review process. A distinguished editorial team, with the support of an International Advisory Board of eminent scholars from around the world, ensures a continuing high standard of scientific research dealing with a range of important issues.