Labor Relations And The Law

This book uses a social science approach providing a social, political, and economic content for the statutes and case law as they developed over time. Offers comprehensive coverage of labor law ?? from the earliest legal tests (e.g., the Trial of Journeymen Shoemakers of Philadelphia - 1806) to emerging issues and the future of labor law; focuses on the actual operation of the statutes and regulations of labor law as well as the statutes and the cases expounding the law; discusses the social, political, and economic context of the statutes and cases throughout; considers how the field of industrial relations evolved in the United States. From the Publisher This text uses a social science approach providing a social, political, and economic content for the statutes and case law as they developed over time. From the Back Cover Key Benefit: This book uses a social science approach providing a social, political, and economic content for the statutes and case law as they developed over time. Key Topics: Offers comprehensive coverage of labor law ? from the earliest legal tests (e.g., the Trial of Journeymen Shoemakers of Philadelphia - 1806) to emerging issues and the future of labor law; focuses on the actual operation of the statutes and regulations of labor law as well as the statutes and the cases expounding the law; discusses the social, political, and economic context of the statutes and cases throughout; considers how the field of industrial relations evolved in the United States.