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Anti-discrimination cases decided by the Court of Justice of the EU in 2023 2023 年欧盟法院裁决的反歧视案件

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-14 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241274670

Adrijana Martinović

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Beyond profit: A model framework for ethical and feasible private prison labour 超越利润：道德和可行的私营监狱劳动示范框架

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241266199

Mario Guido

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Minding the gap? Blind spots in the ILO's and the EU's perspective on anti-forced labour policy 弥补差距？国际劳工组织和欧盟在反强迫劳动政策方面的盲点

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241266543

Faina Milman-Sivan, Yair Sagy

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The labour and social security rights of captive workers: Introduction 圈养工人的劳动和社会保障权利：导言

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241274663

Virginia Mantouvalou

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Intellectual property rights behind bars 身陷囹圄的知识产权

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241266195

Frantzeska Papadopoulou Skarp

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Work like any other but like no other: Labour rights for working prisoners in Sweden 与众不同的工作瑞典工作囚犯的劳动权利

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241266351

Petra Herzfeld Olsson

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The right to fair pay and two paradigms of prison work 公平薪酬权和监狱工作的两种模式

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241263175

Hugh Collins

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‘Voluntary’ prison labour in the Netherlands 荷兰监狱中的 "自愿 "劳动

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241260877

Hadassa Noorda

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Prison labour as punishment 监狱劳动作为惩罚

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241270252

Rory Kelly

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Resocialisation through prisoner remuneration: The unconstitutionally low remuneration of working prisoners in Germany 通过囚犯报酬实现再社会化：德国违宪的工作囚犯的低报酬

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European Labour Law Journal Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/20319525241266386

Miriam Azinović

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