Professor Kohler writes extensively about domestic and comparative labor and employment law issues; mediating institutions; and theories of civil society and personhood. He teaches a variety of labor and employment law courses as well as Foundations of Western Law. In 1995-96 he was at the J.W. Goethe Universitat in Frankfurt. Among his most recent publications is "Decentralizing Industrial Relations: The American Situation and its Significance in Comparative Perspective" in Decentraling Industrial Relations and the Role of Labour Unions and Employee Representatives, edited by Roger Blanpain (Kluwer Law International, 2007.)
Articles
Konrad Adenauer's Catholic Vision (forthcoming), First Things (2013)
Neutralitaet des Arbeitgebers im US-amerikanischen Arbeitsrecht?, Arbeit und Recht (2012)
It is for workers alone to decide whether to organize for purposes of collective bargaining....
Employer Neutrality?, Arbeit und Recht (2012)
It is for workers alone to decide whether to organize for purposes of collective bargaining....
The Fragile Relevance of Laborem Exercens, Journal of Catholic Social Thought (2009)
Contributions to Books
Hugues-Felicite-Robert de Lamennais (1782-1854), Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy (2012)
Encyclopedia entry for the theologian and social theorist, Lamennais.
A Study in Ideal Anti-Types: Executive Status and Labor Market Regulation in Comparative Perspective, Labour Law of Executive Staff in Selected Countries/ Arbeitsrecht fur Fuhrungskrafte in ausgewahlten Rechtsordnungen (2010)
Comparative study and assessment of legal protections afforded leading management personnel in several leading European...
A Rock on Which One Can Build: Friendship, Solidarity, and the Notion of Authority, Civilizing Authority: Society, State, and the Church (2007)
Decentralizing Industrial Relations: The American Situation and its Significance in Comparative Perspective, Decentralizing Industrial Relations and the Role of Labour Unions and Employee Representatives (2007)
Labor Law: 'Making Life More Human' - Work and the Social Question, Recovering Self-Evident Truths: Catholic Perspectives on American Law (2007)
Popular Press
Selected Professional Activities
Author Meets Reader - After the Standard Contract of Employment: Innovations in Regulatory Design, Law and Society Annual Meeting (2013)
Panel on the book Re-thinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond the Standard Contract of Employment by Harry...
Participant, Sixth Annual Conference on Economics and Catholic Social Thought, Lumen Christi Institute (2013)
Participant, Pacem in Terris: After Fifty Years, University of Chicago (2013)
Gewerkschaftsrechte in den U.S.A, Law Faculty of the University of Jena (2013)
This lecture addressed the allowable limits of employer co-operation in union organization. Issues surrounding this...