This book features essays by leading legal scholars on ‘landmark’ labour law cases from the mid-19th century to the present day. The essays are acutely sensitive to the historical and theoretical context of each case, and the volume provides original and sometimes startling new perspectives on some familiar friends.
There are few activities as distinctively human as work and labour. The book traces the development of labour law through the social struggles and economic conflicts between workers, trade unions, and employers. The narrative arc of its landmark cases reveals the richness and complexity of the human story played out in the working lives of real people. It also charts the remarkable transformation of the constitutional role of courts in labour law, from instruments of class oppression to the vindication of workers’ fundamental rights at work.
The collection will be of interest to students, scholars, and legal practitioners in labour and equality law, as well as students in management studies, industrial relations, and labour history.
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Introduction: A Brief Cartography of Landmarks in Labour Law
Jeremias Adams-Prassl (University of Oxford, UK), Alan Bogg (University of Bristol, UK) and ACL Davies (University of Oxford, UK)
1. Riley v Warden – A Landmark Case?
Zoe Adams (University of Cambridge, UK)
2. Hornby v Close (1867): Freedom of Contract and Freedom of Trade
Joanna McCunn (University of Bristol, UK)
3. Devonald v Rosser and Sons (1906): Avoiding One-Sidedness in Contracts for Personal Performance of Work
Astrid Sanders (London School of Economics, UK)
4. Financing the Parliamentary Representation of Labour: Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants v Osborne
David Cabrelli (University of Edinburgh, UK)
5. Rookes’ Tale
Roderick Bagshaw (University of Oxford, UK)
6. Grunwick Processing Laboratories Ltd v ACAS: The Social Contract, Trade Union Recognition, and the Rule of Law
KD Ewing (King’s College London, UK)
7. Iceland Frozen Foods Ltd v Jones (1982): Fairness, Forty Years on
Philippa Collins (University of Bristol, UK)
8. O’Kelly v Trusthouse Forte PLC: A Landmark of Legalism
ACL Davies (University of Oxford, UK)
9. A Half-Forgotten Landmark: Enderby v Frenchay and the Continuing Challenges of Equal Pay Laws
Sandra Fredman (University of Oxford, UK)
10. Wilson and Palmer: A Biographical Portrait of a Landmark Case
Alan Bogg (University of Bristol, UK)
11. Malik v BCCI: The Impact of Good Faith
Douglas Brodie (University of Strathclyde, UK)
12. Johnson v Unisys Ltd (2001): A Compelling Constitutional Vision of Common Law and Statute?
Joe Atkinson (University of Sheffield, UK)
13. Autoclenz v Belcher (2011): Divining ‘The True Agreement Between the Parties’
Jeremias Adams-Prassl (University of Oxford, UK)
14. Headscarves, Tolerance and EU Law: Achbita, Bougnaoui and WABE
Catherine Barnard (University of Cambridge, UK)
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Focusing on leading decisions in UK and European labour law, this new volume provides original perspectives on landmark cases.
Covers leading cases from the mid-19th century to the present day
Original analysis by eminent scholars that examine the most important legal cases to date.
The Landmark Cases series is an occasional series of volumes which seek to highlight the historical antecedents of what are widely considered to be the leading cases in the common law. These edited volumes feature original archival research by eminent scholars in the field, and are intended to provide a context, or contexts, in which to better understand how and why certain cases came to be regarded as the 'Landmark' cases in any given field.
Praise for the series
“An interesting read and a valuable addition to the reference literature for [those] who wish to view from a fresh angle the classic textbook cases that they thought they knew very well.”
Review of Landmark Cases in Criminal Law in New Journal of European Criminal Law
“Beautifully written, nicely produced and just full of intrinsically fascinating material.”
Review of Landmark Cases in Family Law in The Law and Politics Book Review
“An intriguing pleasure to read.”
Review of Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract in Journal of Legal History
“A fine example of the kind of historical investigation that should be the foundation of all common law scholarship.”
Review of Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution in King's Law Journal
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781509944309
Publisert
2024-06-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Hart Publishing
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
376