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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455390303321

Autore

Forbath William E. <1952->

Titolo

Law and the shaping of the American labor movement [[electronic resource] /] / William E. Forbath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1991

ISBN

0-674-03708-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p. ) : None

Disciplina

322/.2/0973

Soggetti

Labor unions - Political activity - United States - History

Working class - Political activity - United States

Labor disputes - United States - History

Labor laws and legislation - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An earlier version of this work appeared in the Harvard law review 102, no. 6 (April 1989)"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Broad Contexts Recasting American "Exceptionalism" The State of Courts and Parties 2. Judicial Review in Labor's Political Culture Samuel Gompers and in Jacobs Hours Laws in Illinois Hours Laws in Colorado Pressed toward a Minimalist Politics 3. Government by Injunction The Origins and Dimensions of Government by Injunction The Origins of Governmentby Injunction in Railway Strikes The Rise and Repression of City-Wide Boycotts 4. Semi-Outlawry The Usurpation of Local Polities Courts and the Uses of Police, Guards and Troops Labor's Resort to Injunctions 5. The Language of the Law and the Remaking of Labor's Rights Consciousness "Labor's Whole Gospel Is Liberty of Contract" Labor's Constitution A Great Popular Defiance Anti-Injunction Laws before Norris-LaGuardia The Norris-LaGuardia Act Conclusion Appendix A: Labor Legislation in the Courts, 1885-1930 Appendix B: Approximating the Numbers of Labor Injunctions and Their Relation to Other Strike Statistics, 1880-1930 Appendix C: Judicial Treatment of Statutes Seeking to Protect Union Organizing and Action by Revising Equity and Common Law Doctrine Index