Drawing on historical narratives that are frequently examined in isolation, this book examines the tactics, rhetoric and consequences of a sustained legal and political campaign by English and Welsh trade unions, Chartists, and a few radical solicitors against the penal sanctions of employment law during the mid-nineteenth century. In so doing, the author draws new conclusions about the development of the English legal system, trade unionism and popular politics of the period.
Drawing on historical narratives that are frequently examined in isolation, this book examines the tactics, rhetoric and consequences of a sustained legal and political campaign by English and Welsh trade unions, Chartists, and a few radical solicitors against the penal sanctions of employment law during the mid-nineteenth century. In so doing, the author draws new conclusions about the development of the English legal system, trade unionism and popular politics of the period.
Dr Christopher Frank is Assistant Professor in History at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Introduction: 'constitutional law versus justices' justice'; The introduction of the 1844 Master and Servant Bill: 'the statutes relating to master and servant are nearly useless'; The defeat of the 1844 Master and Servant Bill: 'triumph for labour! ... the damnable Bill crushed'; Trade union legal challenges to master and servant prosecutions: 'the value of law when honestly administered'; The Warrington cases, 1846-1847: 'he might almost as well be without trial'; Trades of Sheffield against Dr Wilson Overend, 1842-1847: 'I hope his prescriptions are better than his law'; The reform of magistrates' summary jurisdiction, 1843-1854: 'the imperious necessity of affording greater protection to justices'; The trades of Staffordshire against T. B. Rose, 1842-1851:'let them but one of them come before me and I'll commit him'
Contents: Introduction: 'constitutional law versus justices' justice'; The introduction of the 1844 Master and Servant Bill: 'the statutes relating to master and servant are nearly useless'; The defeat of the 1844 Master and Servant Bill: 'triumph for labour! ... the damnable Bill crushed'; Trade union legal challenges to master and servant prosecutions: 'the value of law when honestly administered'; The Warrington cases, 1846-1847: 'he might almost as well be without trial'; Trades of Sheffield against Dr Wilson Overend, 1842-1847: 'I hope his prescriptions are better than his law'; The reform of magistrates' summary jurisdiction, 1843-1854: 'the imperious necessity of affording greater protection to justices'; The trades of Staffordshire against T. B. Rose, 1842-1851:'let them but one of them come before me and I'll commit him'
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