In keeping with the aims pursued by the Association to promote the exchange of opinions and closer ties between labour law experts from different countries, Lavoro e Diritto (Italy), together with the Revue de Droit Comparé du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale (France), have decided to start an annual overview to address the essential aspects of the issues that occupied a sizeable proportion of the essays appeared in the course the year in the 23 journals belonging to the Association. The English version of the 2012 overview – by Mariapaola Aimo and Daniela Izzi, University of Turin – is published in the English Electronic Edition of the Revue de Droit Comparé du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale at the following address:

http://comptrasec.u-bordeaux4.fr/revue/english-electronic-edition-0