Rebecca Zahn | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:44:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Rebecca Zahn | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 What Future for the European Social Model? Revisiting early intellectual concepts of social integration https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/what-future-for-the-european-social-model-revisiting-early-intellectual-concepts-of-social-integration/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:52:40 +0000 https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=7660 Rebecca Zahn, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Strathclyde   In a forthcoming article in a Special Issue on ‘Future-Mapping the Directions of EU Law’ (Journal of International and Comparative Law December 2020), I consider the future of the European Social Model by revisiting the classic account of post-World War Two European social integration. In …

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]]> Enforceability of Workers’ Rights after Brexit https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/enforceability-of-workers-rights-after-brexit/ Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:30:55 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=6976 Rebecca Zahn Brexit and Rights Engagement Network In the run-up to the Brexit referendum, workers’ rights were invoked repeatedly by both sides of the campaign, as either a reason to back or oppose a British exit from the EU. Following the referendum, the debate over workers’ rights and their continuing protection once the UK leaves …

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]]> The ‘Headscarf Rulings’: Did the Court of Justice Really Ban Headscarves in the Workplace? https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/the-headscarf-rulings-did-the-court-of-justice-really-ban-headscarves-in-the-workplace/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 08:00:58 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=4778 Rebecca Zahn The recent EU court rulings on wearing headscarves in the workplace demonstrate the conflict between enabling EU economic freedoms on the other hand and protecting the rights of workers on the other, writes Rebecca Zahn. She argues that, while the judgements are nuanced in their determination of acceptable work requirements, the weight given …

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