Primär rechtswissenschaftlich orientierte Analyse des Arbeitsrechts und der Beziehungen zwischen den Sozialpartnern in Deutschland. Inhaltsübersicht: I. The Individual Employment Relationship: 1. Definitions and Concepts; 2. The Conclusion of the Individual Labour Contract; 3. Duties of the Parties in the Course of the Employment Relationship; 4. Working Time, Holidays and Annual Vacation; 5. Remuneration and Benefits; 6. Workers' Liability; 7. Termination of the Individual Labour Contract; 8. Covenant of Non-competition Inventions by the Worker; 9. The Settlement of Individual Labour Disputes. II. Collective Labour Law: 1. The Freedom of Association; 2. The Trade Unions and the Employers' Associations; 3. Collective Bargaining; 4. Conflict Resolution; 5. Institutionalized Forms of Workers' Participation: The Works Constitution; 6. Workers' Representation on the Supervisory Board; 7. The Role of the Courts in Collective Labour Law.