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Priestley V. Fowler (1837) And The Emerging Tort Of Negligence, Michael Ashley Stein Jan 2003

Priestley V. Fowler (1837) And The Emerging Tort Of Negligence, Michael Ashley Stein

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Priestly v. Fowler has long been noted as the source of the doctrine of common employment. This Article, however, argues that the case is better understood in the context of the then-emerging independent tort of negligence-specifically, as an unsuccessful attempt to require of masters a duty of care towards their servants. The Article re-examines the facts, arguments, personalities, and various reported versions of the case in tracing the effort to establish a new duty of care. The Article traces, as well, to another case, Hutchinson v. York, the true origins of the common employment doctrine. Finally, the Article compares the …


The Business Necessity Defense In Disparate Impact Discrimination Cases, Susan Grover Jan 1996

The Business Necessity Defense In Disparate Impact Discrimination Cases, Susan Grover

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Divided We Stand: Concerted Activity And The Maturing Of The Nlra, B. Glenn George Jan 1988

Divided We Stand: Concerted Activity And The Maturing Of The Nlra, B. Glenn George

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Operation Of The Mexican Labor Law (Part Ii), Joseph M. Cormack Oct 1953

Operation Of The Mexican Labor Law (Part Ii), Joseph M. Cormack

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Operation Of The Mexican Labor Law (Part I), Joseph M. Cormack Jul 1953

Operation Of The Mexican Labor Law (Part I), Joseph M. Cormack

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No abstract provided.