Masters, Servants, and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955 (Studies in Legal History)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: January 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9780807828779
Subjects: Employment & labour law; English law: employment & labour law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; History; Essays; Law; Legal History; British Empire; Labor & Employment; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain; master and servant statutes; English employment law; work relations; power to whip, fine, and imprision men; breach of private contracts; Britain; Caribbean; North America; British India; Australia; Africa; far east; imperial  maritime labour law force; slavery; free labor; indentured labor; Colonies; Master and servant; Great Britain; Labor contract
First sentence: For more than 500 years, the law of master and servant fixed the boundaries of "free labor" in Britain and throughout the British Empire.