INTRODUCTION: EVOLUTION AND RE-FORMULATION IN THE LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF PERSONAL WORK RELATIONS ; PART I: THE LEGAL ANALYSIS OF PERSONAL WORK RELATIONS ; 1. The Legal Analysis of Personal Work Relations - Boundaries, Paradigms, and Legal Formats ; 2. A European Comparative Approach to the Legal Construction of Personal Work Relations ; PART II: THE PERSONAL WORK RELATION AS A CONTRACT ; 3. The Legal Construction of Personal Work Relations as Contracts ; 4. The Formation and Structure of Contracts of Employment ; 5. The Content and Performance of Contracts of Employment ; 6. The Termination and Transformation of Contracts of Employment ; 7. Personal Work Contracts other than the Contract of Employment ; PART III: THE PERSONAL WORK RELATION AS A LEGAL NEXUS ; 8. Contract, Relation, and Nexis in the Legal Construction of Personal Work Relations ; 9. The Personal Work Profile and the Idea of Personality in Work ; PART IV: THE PERSONAL WORK PROFILE AND THE IDEA OF PERSONALITY IN WORK ; 10. The Legal Construction of Personal Work Relations and the Role of EU Law ; CONCLUSION: THE PERSONAL WORK RELATION IN EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW - CHALLENGES AND AFFIRMATIONS