Stretching the scope of reflective law: Labour and the regulation of corporate conduct in the world society
Keywords:
Reflexive law, Corporate self-regulation, Global society, Luhmann, Industrial relationsAbstract
Current globalization poses serious challenges facing the regulation of conduct of multinational corporations. Specifically, the labor law is being attacked by the forces of neoliberal economic policy, inadequate transnational law and the limited capacity of the nation state to enforce the law, especially in developing countries. This paper enriches the debate about the social and business regulation from the perspective of sociological systems theory. Based on the analysis of Luhmann communications rather than the actions or interactions, the paradigm of reflexive law reconciles social and economic regulatory objectives, contributing to more effective modes of regulatory governance and participatory. However, beyond the industrialized economies, the realities of industrial relations conflict and deep inequality have so far limited the adoption of reflective analytical law, presenting opportunities for additional theoretical and methodological reflections.
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Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.
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Law Critique of Codes of Corporate Conduct”.
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies,
8: 404-440, 2001.
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and Developing Economies”. World Development,
34(5): 884-898, 2006.
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of Global Governance”. Ratio Juris, 22(2):
260-280, 2009.
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the Law: Sexual Harassment and the Dilemma
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6(4): 443-472, 2002.
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Global Policy, 10 de mayo de 2013. Recuperado
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globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/10/05/2013/
europe%E2%80%99s-submerging-economies
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Systems Theory as a Challenge for
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85-102, 1998.
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and Analysis of New Time Series Data’, Comparative
Research in Law and Political Economy
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Enterprise Operations: The Role of
the International Labour Organization”. En:
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Global Marketplace? Labour Dimensions of
Codes of Conduct, Social Labelling and Investor
Initiatives’. International Labour Review,
138(2): 99-129, 1999.
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International Economic Law: Balancing Economic
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groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/
meetingdocument/wcms_205472.pdf
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2008. Recuperado 17 de enero de 2009.
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multi/download/wp1mcc.pdf
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Global Challenge’, Report of the Director General
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67-80, 1997.
LUHMANN, Niklas. “The World Society as a
Social System”. International Journal of General
Systems, 8(3): 131-138, 1982.
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THOENE, U. (2018). Stretching the scope of reflective law: Labour and the regulation of corporate conduct in the world society. Advocatus, 23, 235-256. https://revistas.unilibre.edu.co/index.php/advocatus/article/view/5955
