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This Liber Amicorum celebrates the distinguished career of Professor Ulla Liukkunen, a renowned scholar in labour law, private international law, and comparative law. Her work has placed social justice at the heart of legal inquiry, engaging with pressing global challenges In the field of contemporary labour law, the notion of decent work has become a key means of framing social justice. However, as illustrated by the contributions of this book the issue of social justice extends to all legal disciplines. Contributors to this volume are esteemed colleagues and friends of Professor Liukkunen. Each chapter reflects its author s own area of expertise and scholarly collaboration with Professor Liukkunen, creating a rich and unique tapestry of legal thought that spans jurisdictions, disciplines, and perspectives. This volume is designed for academics and researchers in law, practicing lawyers, policy-makers and influencers in NGOs, government bodies, and global institutions.
1. Introduction.- 2. Reconsidering Territoriality in Employment Law.- 3. Social Movements, Social Participation and Social Interest Litigation: An Essay.- 4. Between status and labour law: collective agreements in early twentieth-century Finland.- 5. Wage Coordination in Finland from income policy agreements to statutory wage coordination.- 6. Between Progress and Reduction: Promotion of Collective Bargaining and the Principle of Non-Regression under the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive.- 7. Preventing labour exploitation is criminalization of wage theft a functioning tool?.- 8.- Social Justice: The Role of International Organizations.- 9.- The concept of sex discrimination under ILO Convention No. 111.- 10. Not Just Peanuts: Law and Imperial Failures.- 11. Introducing Multiple Citizenship in Ukraine: Challenges and Prospects in Private International Law.- 12.- Comparative Constitutional Justice: Judges as an Epistemic Community?.- 13. The Concepts of Rule of Law and Legal Certainty in the European Union Some Current Tensions.- 14.- Positioning Criminal Law Theory Today: A Nordic perspective.- 15.- Comparative Law - Still Waiting for Godot?.
Katja Karjalainen, Professor of Law and Welfare at the University of Lapland.
lina Tornberg, LL. D, Project researcher at the University of Eastern Finland.
