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The Cogs and Wheels of Reflexive Law - Business Disclosure under the Modern Slavery Act

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Journal of Law and Society, Volume: 43, Issue: 3, Pages: 327 - 359

Swansea University Author: Shuangge Wen Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2016.00758.x

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In response to the novel challenges posed by labour exploitation in the contemporary business context, recent years have witnessed an increasing adoption of reflexive law in the form of slavery disclosure, s. 54 of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA) being the latest attempt in this regard. Given t...

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ISSN: 0263323X
Published: 2016
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