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 2
... interests of labour.5 Moreover , the legislation was used to defeat strike action : In small strikes it was a common practice to have all the strikers arrested and then to confront them with the stark choice : either return to work at ...
... interests of labour.5 Moreover , the legislation was used to defeat strike action : In small strikes it was a common practice to have all the strikers arrested and then to confront them with the stark choice : either return to work at ...
Stran 4
... interests of employ- ers , because they may be thereby forced to yield , at their own expense , a larger share of profit or other advantage to the employed ; but I have no means of judicially determining that this is contrary to the ...
... interests of employ- ers , because they may be thereby forced to yield , at their own expense , a larger share of profit or other advantage to the employed ; but I have no means of judicially determining that this is contrary to the ...
Stran 9
... interests of their members they took a relaxed view as to what eco- nomic orthodoxy would regard as legitimate aims . Thus , by collective action , they sought to reduce the length of the working day with a view to restricting output ...
... interests of their members they took a relaxed view as to what eco- nomic orthodoxy would regard as legitimate aims . Thus , by collective action , they sought to reduce the length of the working day with a view to restricting output ...
Stran 11
... interests.32 As we have seen , the minority had advocated a regime whereby min- imal control over trade union internal affairs would be exercised by Parliament or the courts . The legislature agreed and enacted section 4 . This section ...
... interests.32 As we have seen , the minority had advocated a regime whereby min- imal control over trade union internal affairs would be exercised by Parliament or the courts . The legislature agreed and enacted section 4 . This section ...
Stran 20
... interest : workers should incur criminal liability as a result of their combining to break contracts where public mischief or inconvenience must result from a concerted and abrupt breach of their engagements.53 One of the main ...
... interest : workers should incur criminal liability as a result of their combining to break contracts where public mischief or inconvenience must result from a concerted and abrupt breach of their engagements.53 One of the main ...
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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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