labor Archives - Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law https://iapbl.org/tag/labor/ At the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Mon, 26 Jun 2023 06:59:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://iapbl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-kekanawaimamalahoe-logo-light-green-32x32.png labor Archives - Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law https://iapbl.org/tag/labor/ 32 32 The Role of Comparative and Foreign Law in Domestic Legal Issues Using Contemporary Labor Law https://iapbl.org/2015/02/26/the-role-of-comparative-and-foreign-law-in-domestic-legal-issues-using-contemporary-labor-law/ https://iapbl.org/2015/02/26/the-role-of-comparative-and-foreign-law-in-domestic-legal-issues-using-contemporary-labor-law/#respond Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:31:00 +0000 http://iapbl.org/?p=294 Professor Dr. Tadashi Hanami, of Counsel, Matsuo & Kosugi This talk will focus on the role and significance

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This talk will focus on the role and significance of comparative and foreign law in solving compelling issues facing Japan and the business world today. With labor laws as his central focus, Professor Hanami plans to illustrate the traps of parochialism, language, terminology, and ethnocentrism, and will discuss whether foreign law could or should be used in resolving domestic dispute issues.

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]]> https://iapbl.org/2015/02/26/the-role-of-comparative-and-foreign-law-in-domestic-legal-issues-using-contemporary-labor-law/feed/ 0 Human Trafficking in Asia and the Pacific Symposium https://iapbl.org/2015/01/16/human-trafficking-in-asia-and-the-pacific-symposium/ https://iapbl.org/2015/01/16/human-trafficking-in-asia-and-the-pacific-symposium/#respond Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:57:00 +0000 http://iapbl.org/?p=299 Trafficking in persons is one of the fastest growing criminal activities in the world. Asia and the Pacific,

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]]> Trafficking in persons is one of the fastest growing criminal activities in the world. Asia and the Pacific, including Hawai`i, have become hubs for this activity which in part is explained by rapid globalization and the resulting movement of labor. The symposium’s panelists provide detailed presentations on case studies, illustrating the complexities of human trafficking and defying the tendency to universalize experiences. Cultural, economic, and historical contexts are factors to be considered, as well as state and federal laws and international protocols. The goal of the symposium is to examine different perspectives and questions on the topic to begin a conversation on the scope and range of the problems.

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