The unfolding of American labor law : judges, workers, and public policy across two political generations, 1790-1850 / Jeffrey Steven Kahana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahana, Jeffrey Steven, 1967-

Series:

Law and society (New York, N.Y.)

Law and society : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation--United States--History.

Labor laws and legislation.

Labor movement--United States--History.

Labor movement.

Shaw, Lemuel, 1781-1861.

Shaw, Lemuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jeffrey Kahana's book is a valuable addition to the literature on law in the early republic. His book highlights how intrinsic American conditions and ideas--most notably a desire for independence and a pursuit of democracy--influenced the course and character of antebellum labor law. This historical understanding of labor law casts a new and welcome light on how noneconomic forces can influence law and development in emerging nations such as early nineteenth-century America. -- William E. Nelson, Weinfeld Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

Contents:

The influence of independence on American law

Master and servant

Regulating the employment relationship

Conspiracy, associations, and the public interest

Imperium in imperio

The significance of Lemuel Shaw

A world of freedom and associations

Liability transformed

The fellow servant rule

The demise of the labor conspiracy doctrine

The breakaway of American labor law.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781593327521

1593327528

OCLC:

869736099