The Federal employers' liability act.
Contributors: Duke University. School of Law
Series: Law and contemporary problems,; v. 18, no. 2-3
Publisher: School of Law, Duke University
Published: 1953
Place of publication: [Durham, N.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
Subjects: Employers' liability -- United States.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Cover title.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Foreword.  What the Supreme Court has done to the old law of negligence, by S. S. Alderman.  The vindication of national public policy under the Federal employers' liability act, by M. L. Griffith.  The quest for a Federal workmen's compensation law for railroad employees, by C. A. Miller.  FELA or uniform compensation for all workers? By R. Parker.  Damages for personal injury: the impact of insurance, by L. L. Jaffe.  An interpretation of the act of 1939 (FELA) to save some remedies for compensation claimants, by V. X. Miller.; title: pt. 2. A decade of progress under the Federal employers' liability act, by W. H. De Parcq.  The Safety appliance act and the FELA: a plea for clarification, by D. W. Louisell and K. M. Anderson.  The crisis in work injury compensation on and off the railroads, by J. Pollack.  Employers' liability in Great Britain, by W. F. Frank.  An analysis of judicial interpretation and application of certain aspects of the Federal employers' liability act, by J. M. Ennis.  The venue clause and transportation of lawsuits, by J. C. Gibson.