This collection of twelve essays by Gregory Kealey, will be of great interest to students and scholars of Canadian history, labour history, Marxist and socialist theory and history, and political science.

Considers proposed constitutional amendments to require all treaties and executive agreements to adhere to constitutional law, and to prohibit treaties abdicating U.S. sovereignty over its citizens or territories.

Considers constitutional amendment to restrict Presidential authority to enter into international treaties and executive agreements.

Nearly half of trade agreements concluded in the past five years included either a labor chapter or labor provision that makes reference to international labor standards and ILO instruments. The evidence so far suggests that labor provisions have been an important tool for raising awareness and improving laws and legislations with respect to workers' rights, increasing stakeholder involvement in negotiation and implementation phases, and developing domestic institutions to better monitor and enforce labor standards. But challenges remain, particularly with respect to sustainability of impacts, coherence, and cooperative efforts. This new report, part of the Studies on Growth with Equity series, gives a full examination of the scope and effectiveness of these labor provisions.

This title examines whether domestic courts in 12 countries actually provide remedies to private parties who are harmed by a violation of their treaty-based rights.

Includes proceedings and papers of the American Association for Labor Legislation previously published in the two series: Proceedings and legislative review.