Master and Servant Law: Chartists, Trade Unions, Radical Lawyers and the Magistracy in England, 1840-1865

By Christopher Frank

Drawing on historical narratives that are frequently examined in isolation, this book examines the tactics, rhetoric and consequences of a sustained legal and political campaign by English and Welsh trade unions, Chartists, and a few radical solicitors against the penal sanctions of employment law during the mid-nineteenth century. In so doing, the author draws new conclusions about the development of the English legal system, trade unionism and popular politics of the period.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754668304
• ISBN13: 9780754668305
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"