INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED
LEGAL STUDIES
LIBRARY
LIBRARY
SUBJECT
GUIDE
EMPLOYMENT LAW
This guide aims to give a brief introduction to the Library's holdings on EMPLOYMENT LAW. Please
consult the catalogue and the List of Serials displayed in the reading rooms for complete information
on current titles and locations. If you require further assistance please ask the staff at the Enquiry
Desk on the 4th floor.
1. TEXTBOOKS
The Library classifies textbooks either by jurisdiction (GO13, GA2 etc.) or according to subject area,
examples of which include Comparative Law (SB), Public International Law (SG) and Private
International Law/ Conflict of Laws (SH). Textbooks on Common Law topics for Common Law
jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA) are shelved in a special section n(SJ)
There may be further copies of Short Loan textbooks in the Main Collections on the lower floors.
Please check the Catalogue for alternative locations.
Textbooks on comparative labour law are shelved at
Textbooks for Common law countries are shelved at
Textbooks on European Union law are shelved at
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Please see also FOL sections for large size material
SB60 1
SJ250 1
GO1.A1.C.5 1
Textbooks on employment law include:
Employment law and human rights. 2nd ed. 2007
EU employment law. 4th ed. 2012
Employment law 2009
Comparative labour law & industrial relations in
industrialised market economies 10th ed. 2010
Butterworths employment law handbook. 18th ed. 2010
Employment law (Blackstone’s Statutes)
24th ed. 2014-2015
Collins, H., Ewing, K.D. Labour Law. 2012
& McColgan, A.
Collins, H., Ewing, K.D. Labour law text and materials. 2nd ed. 2005
& McColgan, A.
Davies, A.
Perspectives on labour law. 2009
Davidov, G. & Langille, The idea of labour law. 2011
B.
Dickens, L. & Neal, A. The changing institutional face of British employment
ed.
relations 2006
Davies,
P.
& Kahn-Freund's labour and the law. 3rd ed. 1983
Freedland, M.
Deakin, S & Morris, G. Labour law. 5th ed. 2009
Harvey on industrial relations and employment law
(looseleaf)
Allen, R.
Barnard, C.
Bell, A.C.
Blanpain, R et al.
EMPLOYMENT LAW SUBJECT GUIDE
SJ250 ALL
SHORT LOAN
SJ250 BEL
SHORT LOAN
SJ250 WAL
SJ250 KID
SHORT LOAN
SHORT LOAN
SJ250 DAV
SHORT LOAN
SJ250 DIC
SHORT LOAN
SJ250 DEA
SJ250 HAR
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Hardy, S.
McCann, D.
Pitt, G.
Selwyn, N.
Smith, I. et al.
European employment laws: a comparative guide. 2nd
ed. 2011
Regulating flexible work. 2008
Employment law. 9th ed. 2014
Selwyn’s law of employment 18th ed. 2014
Smith & Wood’s employment law 11th ed. 2013
2. LIST OF SERIALS
GO1.A1.D.5
HAR
SJ250 MAC
SJ250 PIT
SJ250 SEL
SJ250 SMI
A selection of titles
Titles marked Electronic Resource can be accessed from the catalogue (ULRLS) record for the
relevant journal
COMPARATIVE labor law & policy journal
EMPLOYMENT law bulletin
SB60.J.3
Electronic
Resource
ENTSCHEIDUNGEN des Bundesarbeitsgerichts
GO15.G.32
HOFSTRA labor and employment law journal
Electronic
Resource
INDUSTRIAL and labor relations review
GP1.J.27
INDUSTRIAL cases reports
GA2.G.2
INDUSTRIAL law journal CURRENT VOLUME ON DISPLAY RACK
GA2.J.150
INDUSTRIAL law journal including the industrial law reports [South Africa]
GF1.J.30
INDUSTRIAL relations law reports 2 copies
FOL GA2.G.70
INTERNATIONAL journal of comparative labour law and industrial relations
SB60.J.4
INTERNATIONAL labour law reports
SG100.G.1
LABOR law journal ALSO SHELVED AT GP1.J.313 (See Electronic Resource for FOL GP1.J.313
most recent issues)
LABOR lawyer
GP1.J.485
3. LEGISLATION AND LAW REPORTS
If you are interested in legislation or cases concerning employment law in specific countries you will
need to consult the legislation or law reports for that jurisdiction.
Consult the List of Serials and Online Catalogue to find the general classmark for the country you
require. Consult consolidations of legislation, digests or indexes to trace particular acts or cases.
Academic users may also use databases like Lexis/Westlaw to find UK, US, EU or international
decisions. For further information please refer to the Electronic Law Library at
http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/eservice/elibrary.htm or ask at the Library Enquiry Desk.
4. FREE INTERNET SOURCES
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Eagle-i is an internet portal maintained and updated by IALS library staff. It allows you to search
for quality web resources on Employment Law http://193.62.18.232/dbtwwpd/textbase/searchEI.htm
A valuable free source is BAILII, the British and Irish Legal information Institute which is based
and maintained at IALS. It provides free access to full text UK judgments and legislation on a wide
range of subjects including Employment Law and also links to other free World Law databases.
Jurisdictions covered in these resources include Commonwealth countries eg. AustLII (Australia)
and CanLII (Canada), France, Germany, Italy, the USA and South Africa.
The following represent a sample of the available quality individual web resources on
Employment Law
ACAS – Independent UK body to resolve industrial disputes. Includes access to full text policy
discussion papers
http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1461
Bundesarbeitsgericht (Federal Labour Court in Germany). Background information about the work
of the court available in English
http://www.bundesarbeitsgericht.de/
International Labour Organization (ILO). Includes access to full text working papers
http://www.ilo.org/travail/lang--en/index.htm
NATLEX – database on national labour, social security and related human rights in different
jurisdictions run by the ILO
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.home
These printed subject guides are all available on the IALS web site at the following address. There
is also an Online Subject Guide with links to electronic documents concerning this topic.
http://libguides.ials.sas.ac.uk/subjects
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