Master and Servant Law : Chartists, Trade Unions, Radical Lawyers and the Magistracy in England, 1840–1865 (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction: 'constitutional law versus justices' justice'; The introduction of the 1844 Master and Servant Bill: 'the statutes relating to master and servant are nearly useless'; The defeat of the 1844 Master and Servant Bill: 'triumph for labour! ... the damnable Bill crushed'; Trade union legal challenges to master and servant prosecutions: 'the value of law when honestly administered'; The Warrington cases, 1846-1847: 'he might almost as well be without trial'; Trades of Sheffield against Dr Wilson Overend, 1842-1847: 'I hope his prescriptions are better than his law'; The reform of magistrates' summary jurisdiction, 1843-1854: 'the imperious necessity of affording greater protection to justices'; The trades of Staffordshire against T. B. Rose, 1842-1851:'let them but one of them come before me and I'll commit him'