VOLUME 21

EMPLOYED OR SELF-EMPLOYED? THE ROLE AND CONTENT OF THE LEGAL DISTINCTION

Introduction
Matthew W. Finkin

Canada

Between Employees and Independent Contractors:  A View from Canada
Brian A. Langille and Guy Davidov

Belgium

Subordinate Employees or Self-Employed Workers? An Analysis of the Employment Situation of Managers of Management Companies as an Illustration
Chris Engels

Germany

Working People in Germany
Wolfgang Daeubler

Japan

New Wine in Old Bottles? Employee/Independent Contractor Distinction Under Japanese Labor Law
Ryuichi Yamakawa

Netherlands

Independent Contractors and Protected Workers in Dutch Law
Taco van Peijpe

Sweden

Employment and Contract Work
Kent Kaellstroem

United States

Dependent and Independent Contractors in Recent U.S. Labor Law: An Ambiguous Dichotomy Rooted in Simulated Statutory Purposelessness
Marc Linder

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Labor Markets, Welfare and the Personal Scope of Employment Law
Paul Davies and Mark Freedland

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BOOK REVIEW

Equality: A New Framework--Report of the Independent Review of the Enforcement of U.K. Anti-Discrimination Legislation, Bob Hepple, Mary Coussey and Tufyal Choudhury
reviewed by Michael J. Zimmer

Conditioning Expectations: The Protection of the Employment Bond in German and American Law
Michael Kittner and Thomas C. Kohler

The Influence of Flexibility as a Motor of Changing Work Patterns on Occupational Pensions as Part of Social Protection in Europe
Yves Stevens and Bea Van Buggenhout

BORROWING POLICY: A DIALOGUE ON ATLANTIC CROSSINGS: SOCIAL POLITICS IN A PROGRESSIVE AGE

Where Have You Gone, John R. Commons, Now That We Need You So?
Harry W. Arthurs

A Comment on American Difference and Indifference
Derek Bok

Health Policy, Health Insurance and the Social Contract
Robert F. Rich

The Focus of Atlantic Crossings: Another View of Exceptionalism
Steven L. Willborn

Reply
Daniel T. Rodgers

International Labor and Employment Laws Vol. II, edited by William Keller et al.

PAPERS OF THE JOINT JAPAN-U.S.-E.U. PROJECT ON LABOR LAW IN THE 21st CENTURY

Labor Law Reform for the 21st Century
Tadashi Hanami

Equal Employment and Harmonization of Work and Family Life: Japan's Soft-Law Approach
Takashi Araki

Work and Family: How Women's Progress at Work (and Employment Discrimination Law) May Be Transforming the Family
Cynthia L. Estlund

ARTICLES

Conflict of Laws in Employment in Europe
Sebastian Krebber

Choice of Law in EC-States Under the Convention of Rome Described in Terms of German Law: A Practitioner's View
Timothy J. Darby and Manfred Stolz

Decentralization and Internationalization: The Significance of the Sector Within European Industrial Relations
James Arrowsmith, Keith Sisson and Werner Schmidt

Equal Opportunities and Collective Bargaining: European Experiences
Anni Weiler

REGULATION OF INFORMATION IN THE LABOR MARKET: WHAT EMPLOYERS MAY LEARN ABOUT PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES

The Legal Regulation of Information in Australian Labour Markets: Disclosure to Employers of Information About Employees
Anna Chapman and Joo-Cheong Tham

Legal Regulation of Disclosure of Information About Employees or Prospective Employees to Employers or Prospective Employers in Belgium
Frank Hendrickx

Canadian Legal Regulation of Disclosure of Information About Employees or Prospective Employees to Employers or Prospective Employers
Irene Christie and Gita Anand

Legal Regulation of Employee Information in Italy
Michele Colucci

The Legal Regulation of Disclosure of Personal Information of Employees or Prospective Employees to Employers or Prospective Employers in Japan
Ikuko Sunaoshi

Legal Regulation of Information About Employees and Potential Employees
Catharina Calleman

The Regulation of Employee Information in the United States
Employment Law Seminar

BOOK REVIEW

Privacy & Employment Law, John D.R. Craig

Zur Autonomie des Individuums:  Liber Amicorum Spiros Simitis, edited by Dieter Simon & Manfred Weiss
reviewed by Matthew Finkin

CAPSULE REVIEW

Surveillance: An Interim Report
New South Wales Law Reform Commission