Reforming labor law in the Czech republic: International sources of change

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Studies in Law, Politics, and Society

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Title:	Reforming labor law in the Czech republic: International sources of change
Author(s):	Gabriela Wasileski, Gerald Turkel
Volume:	45 Editor(s): Austin Sarat ISBN: 978-1-84855-090-2 eISBN: 978-1-84855-091-9
Citation:	Gabriela Wasileski, Gerald Turkel (2008), Reforming labor law in the Czech republic: International sources of change, in Austin Sarat (ed.) 45 (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Volume 45), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.255-280
DOI:	10.1016/S1059-4337(08)45008-1 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	In the aftermath of the Communist Era, Czechs and Slovaks sought to enter the European Union (EU) in order to participate in Western European markets and polities. To gain entry, they had to reform their labor laws based on EU protocols. This study analyzes changes in labor law in the Czech Republic by focusing on differences between statutes and regulations in the Communist and Post-Communist Eras. The study is framed by international approaches to law that locate sources of legal change in international organizations and protocols. In reforming Czech labor law, EU labor law standards were established through internal political processes that were themselves shaped by EU requirements rooted in pluralism and the rule of law.