A History of British Labour Law: 1867-1945Bloomsbury Publishing, 17. sep. 2003 - 266 strani In the UK the received wisdom has tended to be that,historically, British labour law was abstentionist or non-interventionist, best epitomised by the words of Lord Wedderburn who has written that '...collective bargaining has developed in a system which depends very little on the law, which is covered by very few decisions of the judges, and which is controlled by statute very little, if at all.'. It is not until we reach the Industrial Relations Act 1971 that we discover the first attempt in peacetime to move to a legally regulated system. However, the accuracy of this non-interventionist depiction appears to very much depend on the period which is examined, which is why an historical perspective is needed in order to understand the significance of the current shape and scope of British labour law. The aim of this work is to re-examine the received interpretation by looking at both the role given to law, and that anticipated and argued for it, during the most formative period of its development, the period between 1867 and 1945. The book also revisits the debate about war-time legislation which has tended to be viewed as standing apart from mainstream labour law but which the author demonstrates to have important linkages to the past and present. |
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Stran 8
... increased facilities in cases where regulations exist under mutual agreement for the enforcement of the contract against their party who had bona fide accepted it.26 Such a recommendation had a certain logic to it . In a society where ...
... increased facilities in cases where regulations exist under mutual agreement for the enforcement of the contract against their party who had bona fide accepted it.26 Such a recommendation had a certain logic to it . In a society where ...
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... increase . To exercise the right of com- bination was , therefore , carrying with it greater legitimacy . THE LEGISLATIVE SETTLEMENT The legislative settlement of 1871 consisted of two Acts of Parliament : The Trade Union Act 1871 and ...
... increase . To exercise the right of com- bination was , therefore , carrying with it greater legitimacy . THE LEGISLATIVE SETTLEMENT The legislative settlement of 1871 consisted of two Acts of Parliament : The Trade Union Act 1871 and ...
Stran 18
... increased facilities in cases where regulations exist under mutual agreement for the enforcement of the contract against either party who has bona fide accepted it . It appears , however , that some unions would have favoured some means ...
... increased facilities in cases where regulations exist under mutual agreement for the enforcement of the contract against either party who has bona fide accepted it . It appears , however , that some unions would have favoured some means ...
Stran 27
... increase in the role played by collective bar- gaining ; trade union membership had increased from around 700,000 in 1889 to over 2,000,000 in 19001 ; employers too had become more organised ; politically there was a tendency to move ...
... increase in the role played by collective bar- gaining ; trade union membership had increased from around 700,000 in 1889 to over 2,000,000 in 19001 ; employers too had become more organised ; politically there was a tendency to move ...
Stran 31
... increased the extent to which trade union officials might be harassed by the threat of litigation . The prospect of such an extension in liability was clearly found disturbing by at least one of the majority in the Lords : I can imagine ...
... increased the extent to which trade union officials might be harassed by the threat of litigation . The prospect of such an extension in liability was clearly found disturbing by at least one of the majority in the Lords : I can imagine ...
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3 19001914 | 63 |
4 Responding to Taff Vale | 87 |
5 The Impact of War 191418 | 119 |
6 The Aftermath of War 191821 | 149 |
7 Labour Law Between the Wars | 183 |
8 The Impact of the Second World War | 223 |
9 Concluding Remarks | 249 |
Index | 257 |
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