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Preface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2018

Marc Rigaux
Affiliation:
Emeritus Professor of Labour Law, University of Antwerp
Jan Buelens
Affiliation:
Professor of Labour Law, University of Antwerp
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“From Social Competition to Social Dumping” is the title of the collection of papers written on the occasion of the symposium which took place in Antwerp on 20 and 21 November 2014. In this book the phenomenon of social dumping is looked at in the wider context of the liberalized social competition as steered by the European Union. Special attention is paid to the harrowing dumping practices in the road transport sector. Therefore this publication contains a number of testimonies by people who actively fight social dumping. Some of the authors also examine the phenomenon of social dumping in relation to compliance with every worker's fundamental right to respect for his/her dignity as a human being. In this respect, the underlying question is whether, by tolerating legislation that allows human dignity to be violated by social dumping, the European and national legislators do not infringe on the primary fundamental right…

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Publisher: Intersentia
Print publication year: 2016

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  • Preface
    • By Marc Rigaux, Emeritus Professor of Labour Law, University of Antwerp, Jan Buelens, Professor of Labour Law, University of Antwerp
  • Edited by Jan Buelens, Marc Rigaux
  • Book: From Social Competition to Social Dumping
  • Online publication: 21 September 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781780687216.001
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  • Preface
    • By Marc Rigaux, Emeritus Professor of Labour Law, University of Antwerp, Jan Buelens, Professor of Labour Law, University of Antwerp
  • Edited by Jan Buelens, Marc Rigaux
  • Book: From Social Competition to Social Dumping
  • Online publication: 21 September 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781780687216.001
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  • Preface
    • By Marc Rigaux, Emeritus Professor of Labour Law, University of Antwerp, Jan Buelens, Professor of Labour Law, University of Antwerp
  • Edited by Jan Buelens, Marc Rigaux
  • Book: From Social Competition to Social Dumping
  • Online publication: 21 September 2018
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781780687216.001
Available formats
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