Master and servant law
Subtitle: Chartists, trade unions, radical lawyers and the magistracy in England, 1840-1865
By: Christopher Frank
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780754668305; 9780754694809
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : 'Constitutional law versus justices' justice'; title: The introduction of the 1844 Master and Servant Bill : 'the statutes relating to master and servant are nearly useless'; title: The defeat of the 1844 Master and Servant Bill : 'triumph for Labour! ... the damnable bill crushed!'; title: Trade union legal challenges to master and servant prosecutions : 'the value of the law when honestly administered'; title: The Warrington cases, 1846-1847 : 'he might almost as well be without trial'; title: Trades of Sheffield against Dr. Wilson Overend, 1842-1847 : 'I hope his prescriptions are better than his law'; title: The reform of Magistrates' Summary Jurisdiction, 1843-1854 : 'the imperious necessity of affording greater protection to justices'; title: The trades of Staffordshire against T.B. Rose, 1842-1851 : 'let but one of them come before me and I'll commit him'; title: Conclusion : 'We certainly ought not to let a mere technical slip ... decide such a case'