Regulation Theory and Australian Capitalism - Rethinking Social Justice and Labour Law

Regulation Theory and Australian Capitalism offers an understanding of how and why Australian labour law has changed, along with the impact on key social justice issues. More broadly, it uses theoretical models to assess labour law regimes within capitalist societies.

List of contents

1. Introducing Labour Law / 2. The Parisian Regulation Approach / 3. The Legal Form, Labour Law and the Law-Administration Continuum / 4. Antipodean Fordism and Liberal-Productivism in Australia / 5. Evolution and Crisis of the Antipodean Fordist Labour Law Regime / 6. Formation and Ascendency of the Liberal-Productivist Labour Law Regime / 7. The Metal Trades Sector and Antipodean Fordist Flow-On / 8. Precarity, Intensification and Work Re-Organisation in the Food Processing Sector / 9. Precarity and Managerial Prerogative in the New South Wales Retail Sector / Conclusion

About the author

Brett Heino is Lecturer, Law School, University of Wollongong. His research focuses on the relationship between the evolution of Australian capitalism and the development of Australian labour law. He has published articles on legal theory, occupational health and safety, trade union mobilization and literary theory.

Product details

• Authors: Brett Heino
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781786603562
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-356-2
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Studies in Social and Global Justice; Studies in Social and Global Justice; Studies in Social and Global J
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Industrial relations, health & safety, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Political Economy, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Constitutional & administrative law, Administrative jurisdiction and public administration