Ensuring a decent level of worker protection in the globalized economy remains
one of the central challenges of economic globalization. This profoundly intricate
issue will likely remain unresolved until all its aspects are properly understood. The
present volume assembles timely analyses, written by expert scholars and experienced
practitioners, of the most pressing legal questions arising in the field. It
bridges existing gaps between the different sub-fields of law and surpasses the
boundaries of professional and epistemic communities, to foster a more comprehensive
understanding of labour standards in international economic law.
Most contributions to this volume were inspired by presentations given at the
G€ottingen Conference on Labour Standards in International Economic Law, convened
on 1–2 October 2015 by the Institute of International and European Law’s
Department of International Economic and Environmental Law in G€ottingen.
Additional chapters on further important issues were included to round off the
compilation.
It is a keen pleasure to acknowledge all those who have made this volume
possible. First and foremost, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Peter-Tobias
Stoll, whose expertise and unfailing and dedicated support have made both the
conference and this volume possible. Special thanks are due to all the authors for
their invaluable contributions to this book and to the conference. Furthermore, I
wish to thank Mary Footer, Pablo Lazo Grandi, Inmaculada Mart?´nez-Zarzoso,
Frank Schorkopf, Friedl Weiss and Ruben Zandvliet for enriching the conference as
speakers and chairs. Last but not least, I am grateful to Anna Kozyakova, Mauricio
Pacheco, Doris Ruhr, Laura Wanner, Oskar de Wyl and Jia Xu, who served as
members of the conference organization team, and to Jasmin Evers, Laura Wanner
and Oskar de Wyl for assisting me with the edition of the manuscript.