Matthew Finkin

University of Illinois College of Law

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Champaign, IL 61820

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The Illinois White Paper - Improving the System for Protecting Human Subjects: Counteracting IRB Mission Creep

U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE06-016
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 May 2006
C K Gunsalus, Edward M Bruner, Nicholas Burbules, Leon DeCosta Dash, Matthew Finkin, Joseph Goldberg, William Greenough, Gregory Miller and Michael G. Pratt
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois College of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Center for Advanced Studies, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Business Administration
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Beclouded Work in Historical Perspective

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2016, University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-12
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2016
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Labor Mobility in a Federal System: The United States

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Apr 2004
Sanford M. Jacoby and Matthew Finkin
University of California, Los Angeles and University of Illinois College of Law
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Geographic mobility, labor mobility, labor law, labor market history

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Comparative Labour Law

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Comparative Labour Law

Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law (Mathias Reimann & Reinhard Zimmermann eds., 2d ed) Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Dec 2017
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Comparative Labour Law

Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, (Mathias Reimann and Reinhard Zimmermann eds.) (2d ed)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Oct 2017
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Solving the Employee Reference Problem: Lessons from the German Experience

American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 57, 2009, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 142
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2009
Matthew Finkin and Kenneth Glenn Dau-Schmidt
University of Illinois College of Law and Indiana University, Maurer School of Law
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references, libel, slander

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Second Thoughts on a Restatement of Employment Law

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Feb 2005
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Life Away from Work

Louisiana Law Review, February 2006
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Mar 2006
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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'The Kindness of Strangers': The Tip and the Minimum Wage in France, Germany, and the United States

International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Vol. 32, 2016, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Oct 2015
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Book Review – The Death and Transfiguration of Labor Law

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Menschenbild: The Conception of the Employee as a Person in Western Law

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 577-638, Winter 2002 (Published October 2003)
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 18 Feb 2004
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Introduction: The Past and Future of Labor Law in Comparative Perspective

IV International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (Bob Hepple, Chief Editor, 2014)
Number of pages: 105 Posted: 10 Jun 2014
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Employee Privacy and the Theory of the Firm

Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 711-723, Fall 2005
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Jan 2006
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Workplace Justice: Does Private Judging Matter?

Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft 2/2014
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Apr 2014
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Working Group on Chapter 2 of the Proposed Restatement of Employment Law: Employment Contracts: Termination

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Apr 2009
Matthew Finkin, Lea S. VanderVelde, William R. Corbett and Stephen F. Befort
University of Illinois College of Law, University of Iowa - College of Law, Louisiana State University Law Center and University of Minnesota Law School
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ALI, Restatement of Employment Law, employment at will, common law, contracts

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Chapter 7: Privacy and Autonomy

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, 2017
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Dec 2016
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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From Weight Checking to Wage Checking: Arming Workers to Combat Wage Theft

Indiana Law Journal, Fall 2014, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 May 2014
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Academic Freedom and Professional Standards: A Case Study

Academic Freedom in Conflict: The Struggle Over Speech Rights in the University (James Lorimer & Co.) (March 2014, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Dec 2013
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Disloyalty! Does Jefferson-Standard Stalk Still?

Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 28, 2007
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Mar 2007
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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The Surveillance Capitalism Controversy

Forthcoming, PRIVACY E LAVORO, edited by Adriana Topo, Gianpiero Proia, and Carlo Pisani, to be published by Guiffre Francis Lefbure.
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Dec 2021
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Some Further Thoughts on the Usefulness of Comparativism in the Law of Employee Privacy

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Mar 2010
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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21.

'Lawful Activity' Laws

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 May 2005
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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On Restating the Common Law of Employee Privacy

Matthew W. Finkin, PRIVACY IN EMPLOYMENT LAW, BNA Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Dec 2009
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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The Acquisition and Dissemination of Employee Data

Yearbook "Studies in Labour Law and Social Policy/Studia z zakresu prawa pracy i polityki spolecznej," Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Mar 2015
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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civility, dignity, informational self-determination, negative right, omnibus standards, privacy, positive right, right to be forgotten, right to be left alone, social media, targeted rules

24.

The Juridification of Labor Arbitration

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Nov 2018
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Bearing the Burdens of Decisions Made by Others: The Corporate Reallocation of Employee Risk in the United States

Perspektiven der Corporate Governance, December 2006
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 03 Aug 2006
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Hard Bargains: Economic Duress in German, French, and the U.S. Employment Law

Festschrift für Werner F. Ebke zum 70. Geburstag, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Nov 2021
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Shoring Up the Citadel (At-Will Employment)

Hofstra Labor and Employment Law Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1, Fall 2006
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Oct 2006
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Captive Audition, Human Dignity, and Federalism: Ruminations on an Oregon Law

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Forthcoming, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 10-32
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2011
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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An Excursion Through Strange Terrain: Chapters 6 (Defamation) and 7 (Privacy and Autonomy)

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Forthcoming 2012
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Jun 2012
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Employee Self-Representation and the Law in the United States

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Mar 2013
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Worker Rights as Human Rights: Regenerative Reconception or Rhetorical Refuge?

Labour, Business and Human Rights Law (Janice Bellace, ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., 2018 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Dec 2017
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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The Meaning and Contemporary Vitality of the Norris-LaGuardia Act

Nebraska Law Review, August 2014, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2014
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Pay Privacy in Comparative Prospect

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2018
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Aug 2018
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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A Consumer Warning for the Restatement of Employment Law: Read Carefully Before Applying

Louisiana Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 01 Oct 2009
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Union Dispossession of Labor Protection: A Paradox, in Two Legal Systems

Int'l J. Comp. Lab. L. & Indus. Rel., Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Sep 2019
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Are Collective Bargaining Agreements Still Special?

37 A.B.A. J. Lab. & Emp. L. ___ (Forthcoming), University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Oct 2022
Martin H. Malin and Matthew Finkin
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Illinois College of Law
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Diversity! Mandating Adherence to a Secular Creed

Journal of Free Speech Law, Volume 2, Issue 2 (2023), University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-15
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 May 2023
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Minority Union Contracting: Unraveling Majestic Weaving

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Oct 2022
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Tenure in New York

Buffalo Law Review Vol. 70, No. 5, 2022
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Mar 2023
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Review Essay, An Account of the Deliberations of the Faculty Committee on Academic Freedom and Unacceptable Speech

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 51, No. 2, Spring 2023
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Jul 2023
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law
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Privatization of Wrongful Dismissal Protection in Comparative Perspective

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Privatization of Wrongful Dismissal Protection in Comparative Perspective

Industrial Law Journal, Vol. 37, 2008
Posted: 18 Apr 2008
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law

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Privatization of Wrongful Dismissal Protection in Comparative Perspective

Industrial Law Journal, Vol. 37, Issue 2, pp. 149-168, 2008
Posted: 30 Jun 2008
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law

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Information Technology and Workers' Privacy: The United States Law

Posted: 18 Feb 2004
Matthew Finkin
University of Illinois College of Law

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