In March 2022 the much-anticipated Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards was released as part of the Handbooks on Globalisation series published by Edward Elgar Publishing. Edited by Kimberly Ann Elliott, the 464-page handbook explores the interaction between globalization and labor standards, public approaches to implementing labor standards under globalization, and private and multi-stakeholder approaches to protecting worker rights in global supply chains.  

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My chapter Enforcement of labor  standards in trade agreements: focus on Guatemala focuses on the 2017 Arbitral Report in the CAFTA-DR Guatemala labor case, in which the U.S. government activated CAFTA-DR’s dispute resolution mechanism in response to failures by the government of Guatemala to effectively enforce its labor laws. I examine the case in light of the 2004 debate between Petersmann and Alston on whether international trade mechanisms are appropriate fora for the adjudication of human and labor rights. 

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The Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards has already garnered critical acclaim from leading international labor scholars Anne Trebilcock and Tonia Novitz.

 

The Handbook can be purchased as a book or e-book from:

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• Edward Elgar Publishing

• Amazon.com 

• Google Books

• and other fine academic book sources

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PUBLISH DATE: March 18, 2022

ISBN: 978 1 78897 736 4