Journal article
The Evolution of Labor Law in Three Asian Nations: An Introductory Comparative Study
S Cooney, P Mahy, R Mitchell, PG GAHAN
Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal | University of Illinois College of Law and International Society for Labour Law and Social Security | Published : 2014
Abstract
The purpose of this Article is to contribute to provide a historical account of the evolution of labor law in three countries: India, Indonesia, and China.' Our founding question is how do we understand, or how do we explain, the evolution of labor law in these countries, and what does this understanding add to the present discourse? In particular, what do our studies tell us about the prominent issue of "legal origins" (i.e., the extent to which the labor market systems in India, Indonesia, and China have been characterized by the regulatory style of the systems from which their labor laws were initially drawn); and the extent to which the labor law systems of those countries been shaped un..
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The research forms part of a larger project in which we have sought to investigate the development of both labor law and corporate law across several countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. The project utilizes both quantitative and qualitative measures and accounts of national developments. There are a number of international colleagues associated with the project. The project's details are available at MELBOURNE LAW SCHOOL, Legal Origins: The Impact of Different Legal Systems on the Regulation of the Business Enterprise in the Asia-Pacific Region, http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/ cclsr/centre-activities/research/major-research-projects/legal-origins-the-impact-of-different-legalsystems- on-the-regulation-of-the-business-enterprise-in-the-asia-pacific-region