Contract, Labour Law and the Realities of Working Life

This book offers a critical and timely account of how labour law has become a means for protecting employers rather than workers.

The past few decades have witnessed something of a ‘silent revolution’ in the traditional protective role that labour law has played in the lives of workers. While this transformation has been overt in the realm of the market and at the level of the legislature, the role of the judiciary in this process remains significantly under-studied. Focussing on Australia, ...