Christopher Frank

Master and Servant Law (eBook, ePUB)

Chartists, Trade Unions, Radical Lawyers and the Magistracy in England, 1840-1865

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317099574
• Artikelnr.: 45093177

Autorenporträt

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'