Abstract

The paper analyzes the connection between legislative and contractual sources of law after the entry into force of d.-l. 138/2011 (now l. 148/2011). It combines a descriptive dimension illustrating the characteristics of the current system of sources of labour law, and a prescriptive approach, aiming to re-establish the primacy of the law - and its main function as procedural law - to make it capable to interact with other autonomous sources of law, such as collective agreements. Having re-gained its primacy the law could organize and control the other sources in order to ensure an adequate protection of human rights.