Foreword: The Role of Contract in the Modern Employment Relationship

To be sure, many questions about the relationship between contract and employment remain unanswered. The complexity of employment issues-the inherent tension between public regulation and private ordering, between legal agreements and moral obligations, between business interests and human need-will doubtlessly continue to challenge courts and legal scholars. The voices collected here offer a first step toward a richer understanding of the contractual dimension of employment and employment's influence on contracts in addressing some of the most pressing issues of the contemporary labor economy.