La pratique normative communautaire invite a penser que la solidarite a d abord ete retenue au profit des Etats eux-memes, comme une expression renforcee de leur engagement de cooperation au sein de la communaute europeenne. La solidarite entre les personnes peine au contraire a s affirmer dans l espace europeen. En revenant sur les fondements de la solidarite notamment a partir des philosophies inspirant les politiques nationales, internationales et europeennes de solidarite, les auteurs qui s expriment dans le present ouvrage s interessent a la diversite des situations et mecanismes...

The economic crisis has highlighted major shortcomings in the EU flexicurity strategy which, although suitable to tackle structural unemployment in a period of economic growth, it proved unable to stand the impact of the recession, which requires specific measures to maintain employment. Against this background, the authors of the present papers, which were presented at the International Scientific Conference Labour Market of the 21st Century: Looking for Flexibility and Security, on the occasion of the 370th Anniversary of the establishment of Vilnius University's Faculty of Law, that took...