Abstract

The essay analyses the cultural and scientific project of the journal "Lavoro e diritto" by focusing on the transformations of the words used to strengthen and substantiate the notion of 'autonomy' of labour law. The journey of the journal is divided in three phases, whose keywords are "reform" and "rationalization", "stocktaking" and "distance", "reversal" and "turnaround". The labour-law 'autonomous' paradigm inevitably changes following the changing situation, yet the journal's critical and project attitude holds fast to its approach throughout its thirty-years life.