Legalines: Labor Law : Adaptable to Ninth Edition of Merrifield Casebook 
Subtitle: Includes Briefs from Ninth Edition Supplement
Publisher: Harcourt Legal & Professional Pubns
Published: May 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780159001776
Subjects: Law
First sentence: 1. The Pre-Civil War Period. It is important to understand the historical underpinnings of modern labor law because of the unique role that events have played in shaping labor relations-i.e., constant reference is made in the cases and in legislative history to the early beginnings of labor law.